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# Range.EntireRow May Return Incorrect Result

Article ID: 108518

Article Last Modified on 10/10/2006

APPLIES TO

- Microsoft Excel 95a
- Microsoft Excel 5.0c
- Microsoft Excel 5.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Excel 5.0a for Macintosh

This article was previously published under Q108518

## SYMPTOMS

In the versions of Microsoft Excel listed at the beginning of this article, the Range.EntireRow method may return an incorrect result if the Range is a nonadjacent selection. For example, if the current Range is the nonadjacent selection $A$1:$A$3, $C$11:$C$13, the Range.EntireRow method will return $1:$13, not $1:$3,$11:$13 as would be expected. This also occurs when you use the Range.EntireColumn method to return entire columns when the Range is nonadjacent.

## WORKAROUND

To return the correct rows or columns in a selection when the selection is nonadjacent, you must separate the selection into Areas, where an Area is defined as a single piece of a nonadjacent selection. This process is illustrated in the Visual Basic code example below.

### Visual Basic Code Example

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To use the SelectRows Sub procedure, select any combination of cells on Sheet1. (This example assumes the current selection is $A$1:$A$3,$C$11:$C$13 on Sheet1.) Then, click Macro on the Tools menu, select the name SelectRows from the list of macro names, and click Run.

         Option Explicit

       Sub SelectRows()

          ' Dimension some variables.
          Dim Counter As Integer, X As Variant, Y As Variant

          Sheets("Sheet1").Activate          ' Ensure the worksheet is active.

          ' Sets range X equal to the current selection.
          Set X = Selection
          ' Initializes range Y equal to the first Area in X.
          Set Y = X.Areas(1)

          ' Iterate through the loop once for each Area (nonadjacent piece)
          ' of the range X.
          For Counter = 1 To X.Areas.Count
             ' Set Y equal to the union of its previous range and the range of
             ' the rows which encompass the current Area.
             Set Y = Application.Union(Y, X.Areas(Counter).EntireRow)
          Next                                ' Loop until done.

          Y.Select                            ' Select the range Y.

       End Sub

For example, if you select the range $A$1:$A$3,$C$11:$C$13 on worksheet Sheet1 and then run the SelectRows Sub procedure, the procedure determines how many Areas there are in the selection (there are two: $A$1:$A$3 and $C$11:$C$13), determines which combination of rows encompasses each Area ($1:$3, $11:$13), and selects the range $1:$3,$11:$13.

## STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the versions of Microsoft Excel listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows and Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition.

## MORE INFORMATION

You can create a nonadjacent selection by selecting a range and then selecting another range while holding down the CTRL key on your keyboard or by using Microsoft Excel version 4.0 or Visual Basic commands that select two or more ranges at the same time.

Additional query words: 5.00a 5.00c 7.00a XL7 XL5 Selection.EntireRow Selection.EntireColumn XL

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