XL: Macro to Delete Every Other Row

• Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, versions 5.0, 5.0a
• Microsoft Excel for the Power Macintosh, versions 5.0, 5.0a
• Microsoft Excel for Windows, version 5.0, 5.0c
• Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

SUMMARY

This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that you can use to delete every other row of a selection on a Microsoft Excel worksheet.

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1. Create a new Microsoft Excel workbook.

2. In a new worksheet, in the range A1:A9, type the numbers 1 to 5, skipping rows, as in the following example:

         A1: 1
         A2:
         A3: 2
         A4:
         A5: 3
         A6:
         A7: 4
         A8:
         A9: 5
   

3. On the Insert menu, point to Macro, and then click Module.

   In Microsoft Excel 97 or Microsoft Excel 98, click the Tools menu, point to Macro, and then click Visual Basic Editor. Click Module on the Insert menu.

4. In the new module, type the following macro:

         Sub Delete_Every_Other_Row()
   
             ' Dimension variables.
             Y = False              ' Change this to True if you want to 
                                    ' delete rows 1, 3, 5, and so on.
             I = 1
             Set xRng = Selection
   
             ' Loop once for every row in the selection.
             For xCounter = 1 To xRng.Rows.Count
   
                 ' If Y is True, then...
                 If Y = True Then
   
                     ' ...delete an entire row of cells.
                     xRng.Cells(I).EntireRow.Delete
   
                 ' Otherwise...
                 Else
   
                     ' ...increment I by one so we can cycle through range.
                     I = I + 1
   
                 End If
   
                 ' If Y is True, make it False; if Y is False, make it True.
                 Y = Not Y
   
              Next xCounter
   
          End Sub
   
   

5. Switch to the worksheet that contains the data, and select the range A1:A9.

6. To run the macro, click Macro on the Tools menu, select the Delete_Every_Other_Row macro, and then click Run.

   In Microsoft Excel 97 or Microsoft Excel 98, click the Tools menu, point to Macro, and then click Macros. Click Delete_Every_Other_Row, and then click Run.