Auto Colour based on answer key

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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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bushidowarrior said:
Hello again, thank you once again.

I have been playing with the code and i would like to add one more thing please which I cannot seem to get working. I have added some other small things, but this one I cannot figure out.
Click to expand...

Ok, try this:

Code: 
[B][color=Royalblue]Sub[/color][/B] a1075737e()
[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, s  [B][color=Royalblue]As[/color][/B]  [B][color=Royalblue]String[/color][/B]
[B][color=Royalblue]Dim[/color][/B]  i [B][color=Royalblue]As[/color][/B]  [B][color=Royalblue]Long[/color][/B], j  [B][color=Royalblue]As[/color][/B] [B][color=Royalblue]Long[/color][/B],  x [B][color=Royalblue]As[/color][/B]  [B][color=Royalblue]Long[/color][/B], z  [B][color=Royalblue]As[/color][/B] [B][color=Royalblue]Long[/color][/B]
[B][color=Royalblue]Dim[/color][/B] va, vb, ac
Application.ScreenUpdating = [B][color=Royalblue]False[/color][/B]

Range([color=brown]"F3:I"[/color]  & Cells(Rows.count,  [color=brown]"E"[/color]).[B][color=Royalblue]End[/color][/B](xlUp).row).Interior.Color  = xlNone

[B][color=Royalblue]For[/color][/B]  [B][color=Royalblue]Each[/color][/B] r  [B][color=Royalblue]In[/color][/B] Range([color=brown]"E3"[/color],  Cells(Rows.count,  [color=brown]"E"[/color]).[B][color=Royalblue]End[/color][/B](xlUp))
    s = Trim(r)
     [B][color=Royalblue]If[/color][/B] s  [B][color=Royalblue]Like[/color][/B] [color=brown]"[A-D]"[/color]  [B][color=Royalblue]Then[/color][/B]
    x = r.row
        Range(s & x).Offset([color=crimson]0[/color], [color=crimson]5[/color]).Interior.Color = vbGreen
        va = Range(Cells(x, [color=brown]"F"[/color]), Cells(x, [color=brown]"I"[/color]))
         [B][color=Royalblue]ReDim[/color][/B] vb([color=crimson]1[/color]  [B][color=Royalblue]To[/color][/B] [color=crimson]1[/color],  [color=crimson]1[/color] [B][color=Royalblue]To[/color][/B] UBound(va,  [color=crimson]2[/color]))
        
        j = [color=crimson]2[/color]
         [B][color=Royalblue]For[/color][/B] i = [color=crimson]1[/color]  [B][color=Royalblue]To[/color][/B] UBound(vb, [color=crimson]2[/color])
        z = Range(s & [color=brown]"1"[/color]).Column
            [B][color=Royalblue]If[/color][/B] z = i [B][color=Royalblue]Then[/color][/B]
                vb([color=crimson]1[/color], [color=crimson]1[/color]) = va([color=crimson]1[/color], i)
                [B][color=Royalblue]Else[/color][/B]
                vb([color=crimson]1[/color], j) = va([color=crimson]1[/color], i)
                j = j + [color=crimson]1[/color]
            [B][color=Royalblue]End[/color][/B] [B][color=Royalblue]If[/color][/B]
        [B][color=Royalblue]Next[/color][/B]
        Range([color=brown]"K"[/color] & x) = Application.Index(vb, , [color=crimson]1[/color])
        Range([color=brown]"M"[/color] & x) = Application.Index(vb, , [color=crimson]2[/color])
        Range([color=brown]"O"[/color] & x) = Application.Index(vb, , [color=crimson]3[/color])
        Range([color=brown]"Q"[/color] & x) = Application.Index(vb, , [color=crimson]4[/color])
        
    [B][color=Royalblue]End[/color][/B] [B][color=Royalblue]If[/color][/B]
[B][color=Royalblue]Next[/color][/B]
Application.ScreenUpdating = [B][color=Royalblue]True[/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]
E​
[/th][th]
F​
[/th][th]
G​
[/th][th]
H​
[/th][th]
I​
[/th][th]
J​
[/th][th]
K​
[/th][th]
L​
[/th][th]
M​
[/th][th]
N​
[/th][th]
O​
[/th][th]
P​
[/th][th]
Q​
[/th][th]
R​
[/th][/tr]
[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#008B8B]
2​
[/td][td=bgcolor:#FFFF00]KEY[/td][td=bgcolor:#FFFF00]A[/td][td=bgcolor:#FFFF00]B[/td][td=bgcolor:#FFFF00]C[/td][td=bgcolor:#FFFF00]D[/td][td=bgcolor:#FFFF00][/td][td=bgcolor:#FFFF00]
1​
[/td][td=bgcolor:#FFFF00]
​
[/td][td=bgcolor:#FFFF00]
2​
[/td][td=bgcolor:#FFFF00]
​
[/td][td=bgcolor:#FFFF00]
3​
[/td][td=bgcolor:#FFFF00]
​
[/td][td=bgcolor:#FFFF00]
4​
[/td][td=bgcolor:#FFFF00]
​
[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#008B8B]
3​
[/td][td=bgcolor:#FFFFFF]B[/td][td]sgf[/td][td=bgcolor:#00FF00]gg[/td][td]h[/td][td]f[/td][td=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][/td][td=bgcolor:#FFFFFF]gg[/td][td=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][/td][td=bgcolor:#FFFFFF]sgf[/td][td=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][/td][td]h[/td][td][/td][td]f[/td][td][/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#008B8B]
4​
[/td][td=bgcolor:#FFFFFF]D[/td][td]g[/td][td][/td][td]d[/td][td=bgcolor:#00FF00]h[/td][td=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][/td][td=bgcolor:#FFFFFF]h[/td][td=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][/td][td=bgcolor:#FFFFFF]g[/td][td=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td]d[/td][td][/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#008B8B]
5​
[/td][td=bgcolor:#FFFFFF]A[/td][td=bgcolor:#00FF00]G[/td][td]rf[/td][td]hy[/td][td]r[/td][td=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][/td][td=bgcolor:#FFFFFF]G[/td][td=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][/td][td=bgcolor:#FFFFFF]rf[/td][td=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][/td][td]hy[/td][td][/td][td]r[/td][td][/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#008B8B]
6​
[/td][td=bgcolor:#FFFFFF]C[/td][td]sdfr[/td][td]gg[/td][td=bgcolor:#00FF00]f[/td][td]df[/td][td=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][/td][td=bgcolor:#FFFFFF]f[/td][td=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][/td][td=bgcolor:#FFFFFF]sdfr[/td][td=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][/td][td]gg[/td][td][/td][td]df[/td][td][/td][/tr]
[/table][Table="width:, class:grid"][tr][td]Sheet: Sheet2[/td][/tr][/table]
 
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Sorry, the above code is not efficient. Try this one instead:

Code: 
[B][COLOR=Royalblue]Sub[/COLOR][/B] a1075737f()
[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, s [B][COLOR=Royalblue]As[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=Royalblue]String[/COLOR][/B]
[B][COLOR=Royalblue]Dim[/COLOR][/B] i [B][COLOR=Royalblue]As[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=Royalblue]Long[/COLOR][/B], j [B][COLOR=Royalblue]As[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=Royalblue]Long[/COLOR][/B], x [B][COLOR=Royalblue]As[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=Royalblue]Long[/COLOR][/B], z [B][COLOR=Royalblue]As[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=Royalblue]Long[/COLOR][/B]
[B][COLOR=Royalblue]Dim[/COLOR][/B] va, vb, ac
Application.ScreenUpdating = [B][COLOR=Royalblue]False[/COLOR][/B]

Range([COLOR=brown]"F3:I"[/COLOR] & Cells(Rows.count, [COLOR=brown]"E"[/COLOR]).[B][COLOR=Royalblue]End[/COLOR][/B](xlUp).row).Interior.Color = xlNone
rr = Range([COLOR=brown]"E"[/COLOR] & Rows.count).[B][COLOR=Royalblue]End[/COLOR][/B](xlUp).row
[B][COLOR=Royalblue]ReDim[/COLOR][/B] vb([COLOR=crimson]1[/COLOR] [B][COLOR=Royalblue]To[/COLOR][/B] rr - [COLOR=crimson]2[/COLOR], [COLOR=crimson]1[/COLOR] [B][COLOR=Royalblue]To[/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=crimson]4[/COLOR])
[B][COLOR=Royalblue]For[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=Royalblue]Each[/COLOR][/B] r [B][COLOR=Royalblue]In[/COLOR][/B] Range([COLOR=brown]"E3"[/COLOR], Cells(Rows.count, [COLOR=brown]"E"[/COLOR]).[B][COLOR=Royalblue]End[/COLOR][/B](xlUp))
    s = Trim(r)
    [B][COLOR=Royalblue]If[/COLOR][/B] s [B][COLOR=Royalblue]Like[/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=brown]"[A-D]"[/COLOR] [B][COLOR=Royalblue]Then[/COLOR][/B]
    x = r.row
        Range(s & x).Offset([COLOR=crimson]0[/COLOR], [COLOR=crimson]5[/COLOR]).Interior.Color = vbGreen
        va = Range(Cells(x, [COLOR=brown]"F"[/COLOR]), Cells(x, [COLOR=brown]"I"[/COLOR]))
        
        j = [COLOR=crimson]2[/COLOR]
        [B][COLOR=Royalblue]For[/COLOR][/B] i = [COLOR=crimson]1[/COLOR] [B][COLOR=Royalblue]To[/COLOR][/B] UBound(vb, [COLOR=crimson]2[/COLOR])
        z = Range(s & [COLOR=brown]"1"[/COLOR]).Column
            [B][COLOR=Royalblue]If[/COLOR][/B] z = i [B][COLOR=Royalblue]Then[/COLOR][/B]
                vb(x - [COLOR=crimson]2[/COLOR], [COLOR=crimson]1[/COLOR]) = va([COLOR=crimson]1[/COLOR], i)
                [B][COLOR=Royalblue]Else[/COLOR][/B]
                vb(x - [COLOR=crimson]2[/COLOR], j) = va([COLOR=crimson]1[/COLOR], i)
                j = j + [COLOR=crimson]1[/COLOR]
            [B][COLOR=Royalblue]End[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=Royalblue]If[/COLOR][/B]
        [B][COLOR=Royalblue]Next[/COLOR][/B]
        
    [B][COLOR=Royalblue]End[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=Royalblue]If[/COLOR][/B]
[B][COLOR=Royalblue]Next[/COLOR][/B]
        Range([COLOR=brown]"K3:K"[/COLOR] & x) = Application.Index(vb, , [COLOR=crimson]1[/COLOR])
        Range([COLOR=brown]"M3:M"[/COLOR] & x) = Application.Index(vb, , [COLOR=crimson]2[/COLOR])
        Range([COLOR=brown]"O3:O"[/COLOR] & x) = Application.Index(vb, , [COLOR=crimson]3[/COLOR])
        Range([COLOR=brown]"Q3:Q"[/COLOR] & x) = Application.Index(vb, , [COLOR=crimson]4[/COLOR])

Application.ScreenUpdating = [B][COLOR=Royalblue]True[/COLOR][/B]
[B][COLOR=Royalblue]End[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=Royalblue]Sub[/COLOR][/B]
 
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Excellent, thank you very much!!!!!!!!!!

Akuini said:
Sorry, the above code is not efficient. Try this one instead:

Code: 
[B][COLOR=Royalblue]Sub[/COLOR][/B] a1075737f()
[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, s [B][COLOR=Royalblue]As[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=Royalblue]String[/COLOR][/B]
[B][COLOR=Royalblue]Dim[/COLOR][/B] i [B][COLOR=Royalblue]As[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=Royalblue]Long[/COLOR][/B], j [B][COLOR=Royalblue]As[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=Royalblue]Long[/COLOR][/B], x [B][COLOR=Royalblue]As[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=Royalblue]Long[/COLOR][/B], z [B][COLOR=Royalblue]As[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=Royalblue]Long[/COLOR][/B]
[B][COLOR=Royalblue]Dim[/COLOR][/B] va, vb, ac
Application.ScreenUpdating = [B][COLOR=Royalblue]False[/COLOR][/B]

Range([COLOR=brown]"F3:I"[/COLOR] & Cells(Rows.count, [COLOR=brown]"E"[/COLOR]).[B][COLOR=Royalblue]End[/COLOR][/B](xlUp).row).Interior.Color = xlNone
rr = Range([COLOR=brown]"E"[/COLOR] & Rows.count).[B][COLOR=Royalblue]End[/COLOR][/B](xlUp).row
[B][COLOR=Royalblue]ReDim[/COLOR][/B] vb([COLOR=crimson]1[/COLOR] [B][COLOR=Royalblue]To[/COLOR][/B] rr - [COLOR=crimson]2[/COLOR], [COLOR=crimson]1[/COLOR] [B][COLOR=Royalblue]To[/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=crimson]4[/COLOR])
[B][COLOR=Royalblue]For[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=Royalblue]Each[/COLOR][/B] r [B][COLOR=Royalblue]In[/COLOR][/B] Range([COLOR=brown]"E3"[/COLOR], Cells(Rows.count, [COLOR=brown]"E"[/COLOR]).[B][COLOR=Royalblue]End[/COLOR][/B](xlUp))
    s = Trim(r)
    [B][COLOR=Royalblue]If[/COLOR][/B] s [B][COLOR=Royalblue]Like[/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=brown]"[A-D]"[/COLOR] [B][COLOR=Royalblue]Then[/COLOR][/B]
    x = r.row
        Range(s & x).Offset([COLOR=crimson]0[/COLOR], [COLOR=crimson]5[/COLOR]).Interior.Color = vbGreen
        va = Range(Cells(x, [COLOR=brown]"F"[/COLOR]), Cells(x, [COLOR=brown]"I"[/COLOR]))
        
        j = [COLOR=crimson]2[/COLOR]
        [B][COLOR=Royalblue]For[/COLOR][/B] i = [COLOR=crimson]1[/COLOR] [B][COLOR=Royalblue]To[/COLOR][/B] UBound(vb, [COLOR=crimson]2[/COLOR])
        z = Range(s & [COLOR=brown]"1"[/COLOR]).Column
            [B][COLOR=Royalblue]If[/COLOR][/B] z = i [B][COLOR=Royalblue]Then[/COLOR][/B]
                vb(x - [COLOR=crimson]2[/COLOR], [COLOR=crimson]1[/COLOR]) = va([COLOR=crimson]1[/COLOR], i)
                [B][COLOR=Royalblue]Else[/COLOR][/B]
                vb(x - [COLOR=crimson]2[/COLOR], j) = va([COLOR=crimson]1[/COLOR], i)
                j = j + [COLOR=crimson]1[/COLOR]
            [B][COLOR=Royalblue]End[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=Royalblue]If[/COLOR][/B]
        [B][COLOR=Royalblue]Next[/COLOR][/B]
        
    [B][COLOR=Royalblue]End[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=Royalblue]If[/COLOR][/B]
[B][COLOR=Royalblue]Next[/COLOR][/B]
        Range([COLOR=brown]"K3:K"[/COLOR] & x) = Application.Index(vb, , [COLOR=crimson]1[/COLOR])
        Range([COLOR=brown]"M3:M"[/COLOR] & x) = Application.Index(vb, , [COLOR=crimson]2[/COLOR])
        Range([COLOR=brown]"O3:O"[/COLOR] & x) = Application.Index(vb, , [COLOR=crimson]3[/COLOR])
        Range([COLOR=brown]"Q3:Q"[/COLOR] & x) = Application.Index(vb, , [COLOR=crimson]4[/COLOR])

Application.ScreenUpdating = [B][COLOR=Royalblue]True[/COLOR][/B]
[B][COLOR=Royalblue]End[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=Royalblue]Sub[/COLOR][/B]
Click to expand...
 
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