use a variable within a range name

[tom_laight]

Hello,
I have code similar to the following:

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What I want to do is create a range (Rng) depending on the value of i (here simply set to 5 for ease of reading). I know what I have written above is incorrect, but I just don't know how to fix it! Any thoughts much appreciated - thanks in advance.

[Jakobshavn]

To get A5 thru A7:

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[tom_laight]

Thanks, but I'm not sure if that does what I need it to...
What I want is if i = 5 (for example), then Rng is equal to Row5, and if i=8, then Rng is equal to Row8.

(by the way, 'Sub marine()' gave me a giggle)

[HaHoBe]

Hi, tom_laight,

one range or five different ones? This goes for one big range (at least on Windows ):

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Ciao,
Holger

[Jakobshavn]

I apologize for the humour.

In your example, Row5 is the name of a distinct range. To access it from a group of ranges, you need an array of ranges:

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[tom_laight]

I think that's cracked it! Thanks very much to both of you for your swift and helpful replies - I'll be coming here again

Tom

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