VBA Finding the next column based on an input value

Question

In a program that I\'m trying to write now I take two columns of numbers and perform calculations on them. I don\'t know where these two columns are located until the user tell

Answer 1

Make use of the Asc() and Chr() functions in VBA, like so:

Dim first_Column As String
Dim second_Column As String

first_Column = Range("B2").Text
second_Column = Chr(Asc(first_Column) + 1)

The Asc(s) function returns the ASCII code (in integer, usually between 0 and 255) of the first character of a string "s".

The Chr(c) function returns a string containing the character which corresponds to the given code "c".

Upper case letters (A thru Z) are ASCII codes 65 thru 90. Just google ASCII for more detail.

NOTE: The above code will be fine so long as the first_Column is between "A" and "Y"; for columns "AA" etc., it will take a little more work, but Asc() and Chr() will still be the ticket to coding for that.