Thank you Mark. It worked beautifully! So did Ben's, which just goes to
show that there are many ways to approach this.

--
Thanks!

Dee


"Mark Driscol" wrote:

> The following code answers 1). For 2), you can see maybe from the
> below how to do it?
>
> Option Explicit
>
> Sub FillColumnA()
>
> Dim i As Long
> Dim lngLastRow As Long
>
> ' Insert new column
> Range("A1").EntireColumn.Insert
>
> ' Reset last row of spreadsheet in case any rows
> ' were previously deleted, cells were cleared, etc.
> lngLastRow = ActiveSheet.UsedRange.Rows.Count
>
> ' Find out last row of spreadsheet
> lngLastRow = ActiveSheet.Range("A1") _
> .SpecialCells(xlCellTypeLastCell).Row
>
> Range("A1").Value = "Key"
> For i = 2 To lngLastRow
> Cells(i, "A").Value = i - 1
> Next i
>
> End Sub
>
>
> Mark
>
>
> dee wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I want the sequential numbering to appear in column A, which is newly
> > inserted. The problem arises when a cell in the neighbouring column (b)
> > doesn't contain any data, the numbering stops. For example, it will number
> > 1, 2, 3, etc. down to, say row 10. It stops because in B10 there is an empty
> > cell. This is a problem, because the data doesn't really stop at b10. There
> > is data in B11, B12, etc.... just some blank cells here and there, but this
> > causes Excel to think it has reached the end of the range.
> >
> > Basically, I'd love a code snippet that says:
> > 1. Fill something down an entire column, truly to the end of the data, even
> > if you encounter a few blank cells in the column to the right (or left
> > sometimes)
> > 2. Select down an entire column, truly to the end of the data, even if you
> > encounter a few blank cells in the column to the right (or left sometimes)
> >
> > Hope this is more clear.
> > Thanks
> >
> > --
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Dee
> >
> >
> > "Mark Driscol" wrote:
> >
> > > A new column A will not contain any data. When you said "sequentially
> > > number from A2 to end of data range in column a", did you mean
> > > 'sequentially number from A2 to end of data range in column b"? This
> > > is, as long as there are non-blank cells in column B, put data into
> > > column A? It isn't clear what data in column B have to do with what
> > > you are asking. Sorry if I am missing something.
> > >
> > > Mark
> > >
> > >
> > > dee wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > This is relatively simple, but I'm having a bit of trouble with it as I'm
> > > > not all that familiar with vba.
> > > >
> > > > Objective:
> > > > Insert new column A, title it "Key", sequentially number from A2 to end of
> > > > data range in column a, i.e. 1, 2, 3, 4, etc.
> > > >
> > > > Problem:
> > > > If column B contains empty cells, the numbering stops. I need it to keep
> > > > numbering until it truly reaches the end of the data range.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks!
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Thanks!
> > > >
> > > > Dee
> > >
> > >
>
>