XL: Macro to Delete Every Other Row

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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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To use the following macro, you will need to set up a Microsoft Excel file as follows:

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.
This macro will delete every other row, starting with the second row of the selection.

Additional query words: 5.00 5.00c 7.00 8.00 XL97 XL98 XL7 XL5 

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Version           : WINDOWS:5.0,5.0c,7.0,97; MACINTOSH:5.0,98
Platform          : MACINTOSH WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: May 19, 1999