Change which columns are deleted.

[Kevin Porter]

The following code worked great to see if a name was in a list, if it did not
then it deleted the column and the one after it. However, the PTB's have
added 2 additional columns that now need to be deleted. Basically, if the
name is not in the list then delete that column and the next 3. what should
I change to this code to make it do that? It would be easier to change this
code as opposed to change the way my other modules deal with the page after
it is created.

Sub ShreveportNameDelete()
Dim i As Long
Dim lastCol As Long
With Sheets("Shreveport")
lastCol = .Cells(1, "IV").End(xlToLeft).Column
For i = lastCol To 1 Step -1
If Len(Trim(.Cells(1, i))) <> 0 Then
If Application.CountIf(Workbooks("Employee List for
Payroll1").Worksheets("List").Columns(2), .Cells(1, i)) = 0 Then
.Columns(i).Delete .Columns(i + 1).Delete
End If
End If
Next
End With

If Sheets("Shreveport").Cells(5, 1) = "Total" Then
Sheets("Shreveport").Delete
End If

End Sub

 

[Michael]

Change .Columns(i).Delete .Columns(i + 1).Delete to:
..Columns(i).Delete .Columns(i + 3).Delete

 

[Kevin Porter]

Thanks for the idea Michael. By using your code and stepping throught it, I
was better able to see what was happening. When I used your code it deleted
the 3rd column over as opposed to the next three. So I changed the code to

.Columns(i).Delete
.Columns(i + 1).Delete
.Columns(i + 1).Delete
.Columns(i).Delete

This deleted the column I was on, then the column next to it, next to it
then itself again. I probably could acheive the same thing by telling to
delete itself 4 times, but this worked. There is probably a prettier way to
do this, but this works.

Thanks again