defining dynamic column range where column order changes

rb3883

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I receive a daily file of data and I need to highlight one of the columns and then perform operations on it. In the past the data would arrive in exactly the same format and the data was always in column G so I could use the following code:

Range(Range("G2"), Range("G" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp))

Now the order of columns varies and some data is completely omitted.

I can identify the column by it's title which is fine but then I have been unable to then select the column of data below it. I tried to define variables for the addresses of the top cell (which is the column title cell) and then do the same for the last cell of the data but i'm struggling have been racking my brains for a while now, any ideas pls?
 

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I've used this code before. Go to your header, then this will select everything below it (shift-ctrl-down)

Range(ActiveCell, ActiveCell.End(xlDown)).Select
 
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Thanks for that but unfortunately that doesn't work if there are spaces in the data. As it happens I think I can create a variable that extracts the letter of the column of the active cell by using the following code:

dim ColumnLetter as variant

Column Letter = Left(activecell.address, 2)

Cheers
 
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