If statement to use column header name instead of column number?

Question

In my VBA code in Excel I wrote a bunch of stuff like:

If Worksheets("Original Data").Cells(i, 7) <> "" Then 
    'do stuff.

The i is the iterator for the row number the loop is on. The 7 was* the column number for a specific column, but now in a new "original data" sheet I received this column is in a different place. Is there a way to replace the 7 with the column header name instead so it doesn't break every time the columns change position?

Answer 1

Use find method to search for the Column header and get the column number

Dim ColumnNumber as long

ColumnNumber =  Worksheets("Original Data").cells.Find("Column Name").column
Worksheets("Original Data").Cells(i, ColumnNumber ) <> ""