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Using a variable in a VB Excel macro

I am writing a VB macro in Microsoft Excel which automatically creates a pivot table from two tabs within the spreadsheet. This macro will be used multiple times, each time with a different amount of data in it, in turn, I need to make the macro dynamic so that it will read in more or less data each time. I have written a loop to find the last row in my spreadsheet and saved that number as a variable (r or f) I want to use that variable in range type lines of code, but don't think I am doing it correctly.

For example, currently, I have
RANGE("F2:F10896").select

However, the next time this is run there will be more than 10896 records, so I need that to be dynamic. I can't imagine that I can use the following code:

RANGE("F2:FT").select

This is extremely important, so I can assure you an A and max points.

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Rory Archibald

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zorvek (Kevin Jones)

I prefer to use the Resize method:

Range("F2").Resize(r).Select

Kevin

christiemhjohnson

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Rory,

Thanks! It worked for my select statement, but didn't for my autofill. I think I might have done something wrong because I got the following error:
AutoFill method of Range class failed

This is what my code looks like....

Selection.Autofill Destimation:=Range("F2:F" &f)

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zorvek (Kevin Jones)

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zorvek (Kevin Jones)

Also, notice that I did not select any cells in the above solution. Selecting cells slows down your code and is not necessary in most situations.

Kevin

Rory Archibald

Kevin,
Range("F2").Resize(r).Select
and
Range("F2:F" & r).Select
are not the same though!
Rory