Deleteing unwanted colums

cuetipper

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I have a report that has many columns, A - CC. There are ten columns I need and want to delete the rest.
Is there a way to specify the original range and delete them all Except those in a list?

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I have a report that has many columns, A - CC. There are ten columns I need and want to delete the rest.
Is there a way to specify the original range and delete them all Except those in a list?

-Cue

Try this:
I assumed there are no blank cell in row 1 columns A - CC.
Code:
[B][COLOR=Royalblue]Sub[/COLOR][/B] a1077802b[B]()[/B]
[I][COLOR=seagreen]'https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/excel-questions/1077802-deleteing-unwanted-colums.html[/COLOR][/I]
[B][COLOR=Royalblue]Dim[/COLOR][/B] c [B][COLOR=Royalblue]As[/COLOR][/B] Range[B],[/B] x[B],[/B] ary[B],[/B] flag [B][COLOR=Royalblue]As[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=Royalblue]Boolean[/COLOR][/B]
 ary [B]=[/B] Split[B]([/B][COLOR=brown]"A,C,F,AB,BA,BF,BN,BS,CA,CB"[/COLOR][B],[/B] [COLOR=brown]","[/COLOR][B])[/B] [I][COLOR=seagreen]'list of columns[/COLOR][/I]
 
 [B][COLOR=Royalblue]For[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=Royalblue]Each[/COLOR][/B] c [B][COLOR=Royalblue]In[/COLOR][/B] Range[B]([/B][COLOR=brown]"A1:CC1"[/COLOR][B])[/B]
        flag [B]=[/B] [B][COLOR=Royalblue]False[/COLOR][/B]
    [B][COLOR=Royalblue]For[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=Royalblue]Each[/COLOR][/B] x [B][COLOR=Royalblue]In[/COLOR][/B] ary
        [B][COLOR=Royalblue]If[/COLOR][/B] c.Column [B]=[/B] Columns[B]([/B]x[B]).[/B]Column [B][COLOR=Royalblue]Then[/COLOR][/B] flag [B]=[/B] [B][COLOR=Royalblue]True[/COLOR][/B][B]:[/B] [B][COLOR=Royalblue]Exit[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=Royalblue]For[/COLOR][/B]
    [B][COLOR=Royalblue]Next[/COLOR][/B]
        [B][COLOR=Royalblue]If[/COLOR][/B] flag [B]=[/B] [B][COLOR=Royalblue]False[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=Royalblue]Then[/COLOR][/B] c [B]=[/B] [COLOR=brown]""[/COLOR]
 [B][COLOR=Royalblue]Next[/COLOR][/B]
 
 Range[B]([/B][COLOR=brown]"A1:CC1"[/COLOR][B]).[/B]SpecialCells[B]([/B]xlCellTypeBlanks[B]).[/B]EntireColumn.Delete
[B][COLOR=Royalblue]End[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=Royalblue]Sub[/COLOR][/B]
 
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