Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated April 27, 2020)
This tip applies to Excel 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003
When working with data retrieved from another source—such as another user or from an external program—you may have a need to remove certain rows from the data. It is not unusual, for instance, to have the need to remove every third row or every fifth row. The following general steps allow you to delete every X rows without using a macro.
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2020-04-27 13:17:21
Daniel Fruge
Thank you, Mr. Wyatt, for the tip. To substitute step 2 above, you could use this updated formula =MOD(ROW(A1),3).
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