How to ignore a column in a range search VBA code?

Indominus

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Hi. I have a code that searches in a range for a value and returns the matching value from a matching column. I want to know how I can ignore searching in one of the 3 columns in the range as it can have duplicates from the column I need and it returns unnecessary data. In this example I need to ignore column C. Column B and E are the two I really need. I have a value in cell K3. It tries to find it in column E and returns the value in column B. The part of the code for the range is this. Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

VBA Code:
Set rngSrch = srcWs.Range(“B2:E” & LastRow1)
 
The comma is to divide the start and end of the range.
If the comma is outside the quotation marks then it indicates the start and end of the range.
See the examples:

VBA Code:
Sub selectrange()
  'this select E2 to G5
  Range("E2:E5", "G2:G5").Select
  'or
  Range("E2:G5").Select
  'or
  Range("E2", "G5").Select
End Sub

If the comma is inside the quotation marks then it is to select several ranges, try the following examples:

VBA Code:
Sub selectrange2()
  'this select only E2 to E5 and G2 to G5
  Range("E2:E5, G2:G5").Select
  
  'this select only E2 to E5 and G2 to G5 and J2 to J5
  Range("E2:E5, G2:G5, J2:J5").Select
End Sub
 
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The comma is to divide the start and end of the range.
If the comma is outside the quotation marks then it indicates the start and end of the range.
See the examples:

VBA Code:
Sub selectrange()
  'this select E2 to G5
  Range("E2:E5", "G2:G5").Select
  'or
  Range("E2:G5").Select
  'or
  Range("E2", "G5").Select
End Sub

If the comma is inside the quotation marks then it is to select several ranges, try the following examples:

VBA Code:
Sub selectrange2()
  'this select only E2 to E5 and G2 to G5
  Range("E2:E5, G2:G5").Select
 
  'this select only E2 to E5 and G2 to G5 and J2 to J5
  Range("E2:E5, G2:G5, J2:J5").Select
End Sub
Ah okay! Makes perfect sense. Will help going forward. Thank you Dante for the super clear explanation and the response. Really appreciate you and everyone else on this community helping others
 
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