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Summary: Need to exchange what is stored in two variables in a macro? It’s easy to do if you apply the technique in this tip. (This tip works with Microsoft Excel 97, Excel 2000, Excel 2002, Excel 2003, and Excel 2007.)
If you do any serious macro programming, there will eventually come a time when you want to swap the values in two numeric variables. In some versions of BASIC, there are commands that handle this. VBA leave you to our own devices, however. The following technique should do the trick for most people:
TempNum = MyNum1
MyNum1 = MyNum2
MyNum2 = TempNum
When completed, the values in MyNum1 and MyNum2 have been swapped, and TempNum doesn't matter since it was intended (by this technique) as a temporary variable anyway.
Tip #2525 applies to Microsoft Excel versions: 97 2000 2002 2003 2007
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