Auto Colour based on answer key

bushidowarrior

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Hello All,

I have this table below. As you can see in the KEY column, is has the correct answer. In this case it is C.

Is there a was to make "WHAT" the correct answer highlight in GREEN?

And for the next row it would be D (They're)




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I would really appreciate it.

I have over 100 questions, hence I would like to automate this process a little.

Thank you.
 

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Hello All,

I have this table below. As you can see in the KEY column, is has the correct answer. In this case it is C.

Is there a was to make "WHAT" the correct answer highlight in GREEN?

And for the next row it would be D (They're)

.

I assumed KEY is in col A and A,B,C,D is actually at column B,C,D,E.
Try this:

Code:
[B][color=Royalblue]Sub[/color][/B] a1075737a()
[i][color=seagreen]'https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/excel-questions/1075737-auto-colour-based-answer-key.html[/color][/i]
[B][color=Royalblue]Dim[/color][/B] r [B][color=Royalblue]As[/color][/B] Range
[B][color=Royalblue]For[/color][/B] [B][color=Royalblue]Each[/color][/B] r [B][color=Royalblue]In[/color][/B] Range([color=brown]"A1"[/color], Cells(Rows.count, [color=brown]"A"[/color]).[B][color=Royalblue]End[/color][/B](xlUp))
Range(r & r.row).Offset([color=crimson]0[/color], [color=crimson]1[/color]).Interior.Color = vbGreen

[B][color=Royalblue]Next[/color][/B]
[B][color=Royalblue]End[/color][/B] [B][color=Royalblue]Sub[/color][/B]


Excel 2007 32 bit
[Table="width:, class:head"][tr=bgcolor:#008B8B][th] [/th][th]
A
[/th][th]
B
[/th][th]
C
[/th][th]
D
[/th][th]
E
[/th][/tr]
[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#008B8B]
1
[/td][td]key[/td][td]A[/td][td]B[/td][td]C[/td][td]D[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#008B8B]
2
[/td][td]C[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td=bgcolor:#00FF00][/td][td][/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#008B8B]
3
[/td][td]D[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td=bgcolor:#00FF00][/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#008B8B]
4
[/td][td]A[/td][td=bgcolor:#00FF00][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr]
[/table]
[Table="width:, class:grid"][tr][td]Sheet: Sheet3[/td][/tr][/table]
 
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Hello, sorry. It is like this:

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I assumed KEY is in col A and A,B,C,D is actually at column B,C,D,E.
Try this:

Code:
[B][COLOR=Royalblue]Sub[/COLOR][/B] a1075737a()
[I][COLOR=seagreen]'https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/excel-questions/1075737-auto-colour-based-answer-key.html[/COLOR][/I]
[B][COLOR=Royalblue]Dim[/COLOR][/B] r [B][COLOR=Royalblue]As[/COLOR][/B] Range
[B][COLOR=Royalblue]For[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=Royalblue]Each[/COLOR][/B] r [B][COLOR=Royalblue]In[/COLOR][/B] Range([COLOR=brown]"A1"[/COLOR], Cells(Rows.count, [COLOR=brown]"A"[/COLOR]).[B][COLOR=Royalblue]End[/COLOR][/B](xlUp))
Range(r & r.row).Offset([COLOR=crimson]0[/COLOR], [COLOR=crimson]1[/COLOR]).Interior.Color = vbGreen

[B][COLOR=Royalblue]Next[/COLOR][/B]
[B][COLOR=Royalblue]End[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=Royalblue]Sub[/COLOR][/B]


Excel 2007 32 bit
[TABLE="class: head"]
<tbody>[TR="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=008B8B]#008B8B[/URL] "]
[TH][/TH]
[TH]
[COLOR=[URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=FFFFFF]#FFFFFF[/URL] ]A[/COLOR]​
[/TH]
[TH]
[COLOR=[URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=FFFFFF]#FFFFFF[/URL] ]B[/COLOR]​
[/TH]
[TH]
[COLOR=[URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=FFFFFF]#FFFFFF[/URL] ]C[/COLOR]​
[/TH]
[TH]
[COLOR=[URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=FFFFFF]#FFFFFF[/URL] ]D[/COLOR]​
[/TH]
[TH]
[COLOR=[URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=FFFFFF]#FFFFFF[/URL] ]E[/COLOR]​
[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=FFFFFF]#FFFFFF[/URL] "]
[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=008B8B]#008B8B[/URL] "]
[COLOR=[URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=FFFFFF]#FFFFFF[/URL] ]1[/COLOR]​
[/TD]
[TD]key[/TD]
[TD]A[/TD]
[TD]B[/TD]
[TD]C[/TD]
[TD]D[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=FFFFFF]#FFFFFF[/URL] "]
[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=008B8B]#008B8B[/URL] "]
[COLOR=[URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=FFFFFF]#FFFFFF[/URL] ]2[/COLOR]​
[/TD]
[TD]C[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #00FF00"][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=FFFFFF]#FFFFFF[/URL] "]
[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=008B8B]#008B8B[/URL] "]
[COLOR=[URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=FFFFFF]#FFFFFF[/URL] ]3[/COLOR]​
[/TD]
[TD]D[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #00FF00"][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=FFFFFF]#FFFFFF[/URL] "]
[TD="bgcolor: [URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=008B8B]#008B8B[/URL] "]
[COLOR=[URL=https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=FFFFFF]#FFFFFF[/URL] ]4[/COLOR]​
[/TD]
[TD]A[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #00FF00"][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
[TABLE="class: grid"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]Sheet: Sheet3[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
 
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Sub a1075737a()
'https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/excel-questions/1075737-auto-colour-based-answer-key.html
Dim r As Range
For Each r In Range("E1", Cells(Rows.count, "E").End(xlUp))
Range(r & r.row).Offset(0, 1).Interior.Color = vbGreen

Next
End Sub
 
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Sub a1075737a()
'https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/excel-questions/1075737-auto-colour-based-answer-key.html
Dim r As Range
For Each r In Range("E1", Cells(Rows.count, "E").End(xlUp))
Range(r & r.row).Offset(0, 1).Interior.Color = vbGreen

Next
End Sub

Yeah, I think you got it right. Does it work as expected?
 
Upvote 0
Ah, sorry, actually if the data start at row 2 then it should be E2.
Code:
Sub a1075737a()
'https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/excel-questions/1075737-auto-colour-based-answer-key.html
Dim r As Range
For Each r In Range("E2", Cells(Rows.count, "E").End(xlUp))
Range(r & r.row).Offset(0, 1).Interior.Color = vbGreen
Next
End Sub
 
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Again, sorry forget to change the Offset value, try this:
Code:
Sub a1075737a()
'https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/excel-questions/1075737-auto-colour-based-answer-key.html
Dim r As Range
For Each r In Range("E2", Cells(Rows.count, "E").End(xlUp))
Range(r & r.row).Offset(0, 5).Interior.Color = vbGreen
Next
End Sub
 
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