VBA Data Storage (2003 Excel VBA)

[sarnelli]

Here is what I would like to do but need help getting started.

I have numbers stored in column A, the amount of numbers could change each time I run this, no more than 500 to 1000.

I what to check each number to find which number has the max deviation from the average of those numbers and then flag that number.

I then want to continue doing this with that number removed for a predetermined amount of times.

I would then paster the numbers in column B with the flagged numbers (ex. 54.2 Flag).

What is the best way and cleanest way to do this. Should I store the numbers in some sort of array for should I just paste in a column to store the newest data.

Hope this makes sense.

Thanks,

[LegareColeman]

Does the code below do what you want? The code expects you to put the "predetermined amount of times" in cell C1.

<code>
Public Sub MaxDev()
Dim I As Long, J As Long, lMax As Long, lLast As Long
Dim dMaxDif As Double, dAve As Double
lLast = Range("A65536").End(xlUp).Row - 1
dAve = Application.WorksheetFunction.Average(Range(Range( "A1"), Range("A1").Offset(lLast, 0)))
Range("B:B").ClearContents
Range("A:A").Interior.ColorIndex = xlColorIndexNone
For I = 1 To Range("C1").Value
dMaxDif = 0
lMax = 0
For J = 0 To lLast
If Range("A1").Offset(J, 1).Value = "" Then
If Abs(dAve - Range("A1").Offset(J, 0).Value) > dMaxDif Then
dMaxDif = Abs(dAve - Range("A1").Offset(J, 0).Value)
lMax = J
End If
End If
Next J
Range("A1").Offset(lMax, 1).Value = dMaxDif
Range("A1").Offset(lMax, 0).Interior.ColorIndex = 3
Next I
End Sub
</code>