I'm really looking for the sort macro, I've seen one where you set a temp
holder, compare it to the next value, if less than switch values etc. I can
do the rest. Not sure if this posting will cause it to look like the request
is closed.
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Thanx


"BCNU" wrote:

> I have several files where I am trying to merge data in sequential order and
> make into 1 file.
> Sheet 1 col a is the master. col b and c have data already which I won't
> change. col d is next empty column.
>
> Sheet 2 has several values that I want to merege into sheet 1 at the
> appropriate place so all values are in sequential order.
>
> If Sheet 2's value is the same as something already on sheet 1, I just want
> to copy it to the same row, but in col d. If Sheet 2's value doesn't exist
> on Sheet 1, I want to insert a row and paste the value in column a and d.
>
> Data now looks like this:
> col a col b col c col d
> 1a34f45 dummy data
> 1a35111 more data
>
> Sheet 2 looks like this
> col a
> 1a34f46
> 1a35111
>
> I would want the final sheet 1 to look like this
> col a col b col c col d
> 1a34f45 dummy data
> 1a34f46 1a34f46 (new row, data
> entered twice)
> 1a35111 more data 1a35111 (matched, so just copied
> to col d)
>
> Hope this makes sense. I've got a loop with if then stmts but I'm sure
> there is a more efficient way to do this.
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> Thanx