Re: Excel Cell Formats

Hi Rick:

What do you think about this:

Disable the update of excel.
Create a new ***
cut and paste the cells from my existing *** to this new *** in the
proper order
Copy the cells from this new *** to my selection
Delete the new ***
enable the update of excel

Bob

"Rick Rothstein" wrote:

LOL... it seems every time you answer my questions, your answers raise more
questions. I'm almost afraid to ask this next question for fear of your
answer.<g> This part of your last response is what has got me wondering...

Now, once the data is calculated, it needs to be dumped into the
spread*** fast. I had used a loop before, but it took too long.
Someone suggested that I create a dummy 2D array containing my
data and use Selection.Value = NewDummyArray. Of course
before, I did not care about the formats, but now I am.

At what point are you losing your formats... when you update the values in
your selected range (prior to rearranging their rows) or when you physically
move the selected rows around to match the ordering in the B array? If the
latter, I don't think the code will be too bad; however, if the former, then
solution will involve more than just swapping cells or rows around. To boil
my question down, when you update the value in, say, C3, does C3 retain its
formats after the update or are the formats lost right then and there?

--
Rick (MVP - Excel)


"Bob" <someonw@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Yes, Rick. I ultimately want to rearrange existing rows of data into a
new ordering, but for my selection only, not the entire row. Array A only
references a single column of data, and array B is its index, if you will.

1. Can the rows of data that you are rearranging be more than two cells
wide? If so, what is the maximum number of columns?

Please note that theoretically, my selection can be the entire 65536x256
of data, though I doubt it that any user would have that much data. So,
the number of columns vary from 1 to 256.

2. Can there be other data on the rows (either in front of or after the
data that you show being rearrange) that will not move when the
designated columns are rearranged?
Yes. I only want to re-arrange my selection.

3. What is the maximum number of rows that will ever be included for
rearrangement?

I guess, I answered this in question 2 above. The maximum number of rows
is 65536.

4. Do the Index numbers appear in your a column of your spread*** or do
they only exist inside your code?
Both arrays A and B are only inside my code, as follows:

Dim A() as Variant, B() as Variant, N as long, i as long
N=Selection.rows.count
Redim A(N), B(N)
For i=1 to N
B(i)=i
A(i)=Cells(i, some column in my selection).value ' For example
cells(i,4) for Column D
next i


Now, once the data is calculated, it needs to be dumped into the
spread*** fast. I had used a loop before, but it took too long.
Someone suggested that I create a dummy 2D array containing my data and
use Selection.Value = NewDummyArray. Of course before, I did not care
about the formats, but now I am. Basically, think of what I am trying to
do, like a sorting operation, except, I am doing other stuff. I hope this
helps. Thanks for your help. Have a nice Sunday evening.

Bob

"Rick Rothstein" <rick.newsNO.SPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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That helps some, but you didn't answer all of my questions plus I now
have a couple of additional questions..

1. Can the rows of data that you are rearranging be more than two cells
wide? If so, what is the maximum number of columns?

2. Can there be other data on the rows (either in front of or after the
data that you show being rearrange) that will not move when the
designated columns are rearranged?

3. What is the maximum number of rows that will ever be included for
rearrangement?

4. Do the Index numbers appear in your a column of your spread*** or do
they only exist inside your code?

--
Rick (MVP - Excel)


"Bob" <someonw@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Rick:

No, A(1) refers to the value of a single cell in a row (for example D3),
A(2) for D4, etc. However, my selection is more than one column. Let
me show you my selection.
A B C D Index (Array B)
1 6 11
2
3 6 12 1
4 9 17 2
5 1 8 3
6 3 5 4
7 3 10 5
8 0
9 20
My original selection is C3:D7. A is an array of values of a column in
my selection that things need to be calculated based on that column.
Once I make the selection, and calculate my things, I obtain Array B,
which is the order of how things should show. The results should be:
A B C D Index (Array B)
1 6 11
2
3 9 17 2
4 3 5 4
5 1 8 3
6 3 10 5
7 6 12 1
8 0
9 20
I hope this clarifies things a bit.

Bob

"Rick Rothstein" <rick.newsNO.SPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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We need some clarification on your *new* request (it is only remotely
related to your original question). It looks like A(1) is referencing
C3:D3, A(2) is referencing C4:D4, etc. Given that, what do you mean
when you say A(1)=12, A(2)=17, etc.? I mean, how does a 2-cell range
have a single value? Also, can I assume the A array references can be
more than 2 cells wide? If so, what is the maximum width possible? What
is the maximum number of rows that can be referenced by array A? Can I
assume your ultimate request is to rearrange existing rows of data into
a new ordering?

--
Rick (MVP - Excel)


"Bob" <someonw@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks Rick for your sample code. However, I was wondering if you
could help out more on this. You see, basically, I have two arrays.
For example, array A contains the values of some continuous cells.
For example For cells "C3:D7", A could be
A(1) = 12
A(2) = 17
A(3) = 8
A(4) = 5
A(5) = 10
Array B is the index of array A. So, initially, B=1,2,3,4,5. Then I
do some work, and manipulate my arrays, and B becomes 2,4,3,5,1. Then
I want to replace my original selected cells that gave us A, with
A(B(i)), and that includes all formats. In other words,
New "C3:D3" (index 1) becomes Old "C4:D4 (index 2)
New "C4:D4" (index 2) becomes Old "C6:D6 (index 4)
New "C5:D5" (index 3) becomes Old "C5:D5 (index 3)
New "C6:D6" (index 4) becomes Old "C7:D7 (index 5)
New "C7:D7" (index 5) becomes Old "C3:D3 (index 1)

I tried to change your code to do this, but I was unsuccessful.
Thanks for all your help.

Bob
"Rick Rothstein" <rick.newsNO.SPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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Select your two cells and give this macro a try...

Sub SwapCells()
Dim C1 As Range
Dim C2 As Range
Dim C3 As Range
If Selection.Count = 2 Then
Set C1 = Selection(1)
Set C2 = Range(Split(Replace(Selection.Address, ",", ":"),
":")(1))
Set C3 = Active***.Cells(Rows.Count,
C1.Column).End(xlUp).Offset(1)
C1.Copy C3
C2.Copy C1
C3.Copy C2
C3.Clear
End If
End Sub

--
Rick (MVP - Excel)


"Bob" <someonw@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi everyone:

I am trying to swap two cells completely, with each other, including
value, All formats, colors, etc. Well, swapping the values is easy.
Does anyone know, how I can swap All the formats (actual format,
color, indent, etc) that a cell can hold? Thanks for your help.

Bob












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