How to select every nth column in Excel?
For example, you have a large worksheet with hundreds of columns of data. And now, you need to copy every 3rd column data and paste them to another new worksheet. It will be time-consuming to select every nth column one by one, and is there any easy way to do it?
Select every nth column with VBA
Select every nth column with Kutools for Excel
Select every nth column with VBA
It seems no simple way except VBA code to solve this problem. Please do as the following steps:
1. Highlight the range that you want to select every nth column.
2.Click Developer > Visual Basic, a new Microsoft Visual Basic for applications window will be displayed, click Insert > Module, and input the following code into the Module:
Sub EveryOtherColumn()
Dim rangeString As String
Dim columnLetter As String
Dim i As Long
Dim firstCol, lastCol As Long
firstCol = Selection.Column
lastCol = Selection.Columns.Count + firstCol - 1
Dim stepSize As Long
Dim stepStr As String
On Error GoTo NumberError
stepStr = InputBox("Enter column interval")
stepSize = stepStr
On Error GoTo 0
For i = firstCol To lastCol Step stepSize
columnLetter = Chr(i + 65 - 1)
rangeString = rangeString & "," & columnLetter & ":" & columnLetter
Next i
rangeString = Mid(rangeString, 2)
Debug.Print rangeString
Range(rangeString).Select
Exit Sub
NumberError:
MsgBox "You entered: " & stepStr & vbCrLf & "You must enter a valid number"
End Sub
3. Then click 
button to run the code, and a prompt box will pop out to remind you enter the number of intervals. In this case, enter 3 in the box. See screenshot:
4. Click OK. Now it selects every 3rd column in the selection. See screenshot:
But sometimes, you need to select two columns with two intervals. The above code can not work, how should you do?
Select every nth column with Kutools for Excel
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With Kutools for Excel, you can select specific number of columns at specific intervals. Please do as the following steps:
1.Click Kutools > Select Tools > Select Interval Rows/Columns, and a Select Interval Rows/Columns dialog box will appear. Then click 
button to select the range you need, choose Columns from Select section, and specify the number you want in the Interval of and Columns dropdown list. See screenshot:
2.Click OK. It will select two columns with two intervals in the selection. See screenshot:
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