Свойства Row и Rows объекта Range в VBA Excel. Возвращение номера первой строки и обращение к строкам смежных и несмежных диапазонов.
Range.Row — свойство, которое возвращает номер первой строки в указанном диапазоне.
Свойство Row объекта Range предназначено только для чтения, тип данных — Long.
Если диапазон состоит из нескольких областей (несмежный диапазон), свойство Range.Row возвращает номер первой строки в первой области указанного диапазона:
Range(«B3:F10»).Select MsgBox Selection.Row ‘Результат: 3 Range(«E8:F9,D4:G13,B2:F10»).Select MsgBox Selection.Row ‘Результат: 8 |
Для возвращения номеров первых строк отдельных областей несмежного диапазона используется свойство Areas объекта Range:
Range(«E8:F9,D4:G13,B2:F10»).Select MsgBox Selection.Areas(1).Row ‘Результат: 8 MsgBox Selection.Areas(2).Row ‘Результат: 4 MsgBox Selection.Areas(3).Row ‘Результат: 2 |
Свойство Range.Rows
Range.Rows — свойство, которое возвращает объект Range, представляющий коллекцию строк в указанном диапазоне.
Чтобы возвратить одну строку заданного диапазона, необходимо указать ее порядковый номер (индекс) в скобках:
Dim myRange As Range Set myRange = Range(«B4:D6»).Rows(1) ‘Возвращается диапазон: $B$4:$D$4 Set myRange = Range(«B4:D6»).Rows(2) ‘Возвращается диапазон: $B$5:$D$5 Set myRange = Range(«B4:D6»).Rows(3) ‘Возвращается диапазон: $B$6:$D$6 |
Самое удивительное заключается в том, что выход индекса строки за пределы указанного диапазона не приводит к ошибке, а возвращается диапазон, расположенный за пределами исходного диапазона (отсчет начинается с первой строки заданного диапазона):
MsgBox Range(«B4:D6»).Rows(12).Address ‘Результат: $B$15:$D$15 |
Если указанный объект Range является несмежным, состоящим из нескольких смежных диапазонов (областей), свойство Rows возвращает коллекцию строк первой области заданного диапазона. Для обращения к строкам других областей указанного диапазона используется свойство Areas объекта Range:
Range(«E8:F9,D4:G13,B2:F10»).Select MsgBox Selection.Areas(1).Rows(2).Address ‘Результат: $E$9:$F$9 MsgBox Selection.Areas(2).Rows(2).Address ‘Результат: $D$5:$G$5 MsgBox Selection.Areas(3).Rows(2).Address ‘Результат: $B$3:$F$3 |
Определение количества строк в диапазоне:
Dim r As Long r = Range(«D4:K11»).Rows.Count MsgBox r ‘Результат: 8 |
“It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data”- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
This post covers everything you need to know about using Cells and Ranges in VBA. You can read it from start to finish as it is laid out in a logical order. If you prefer you can use the table of contents below to go to a section of your choice.
Topics covered include Offset property, reading values between cells, reading values to arrays and formatting cells.
A Quick Guide to Ranges and Cells
Function | Takes | Returns | Example | Gives |
---|---|---|---|---|
Range |
cell address | multiple cells | .Range(«A1:A4») | $A$1:$A$4 |
Cells | row, column | one cell | .Cells(1,5) | $E$1 |
Offset | row, column | multiple cells | Range(«A1:A2») .Offset(1,2) |
$C$2:$C$3 |
Rows | row(s) | one or more rows | .Rows(4) .Rows(«2:4») |
$4:$4 $2:$4 |
Columns | column(s) | one or more columns | .Columns(4) .Columns(«B:D») |
$D:$D $B:$D |
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Introduction
This is the third post dealing with the three main elements of VBA. These three elements are the Workbooks, Worksheets and Ranges/Cells. Cells are by far the most important part of Excel. Almost everything you do in Excel starts and ends with Cells.
Generally speaking, you do three main things with Cells
- Read from a cell.
- Write to a cell.
- Change the format of a cell.
Excel has a number of methods for accessing cells such as Range, Cells and Offset.These can cause confusion as they do similar things and can lead to confusion
In this post I will tackle each one, explain why you need it and when you should use it.
Let’s start with the simplest method of accessing cells – using the Range property of the worksheet.
Important Notes
I have recently updated this article so that is uses Value2.
You may be wondering what is the difference between Value, Value2 and the default:
' Value2 Range("A1").Value2 = 56 ' Value Range("A1").Value = 56 ' Default uses value Range("A1") = 56
Using Value may truncate number if the cell is formatted as currency. If you don’t use any property then the default is Value.
It is better to use Value2 as it will always return the actual cell value(see this article from Charle Williams.)
The Range Property
The worksheet has a Range property which you can use to access cells in VBA. The Range property takes the same argument that most Excel Worksheet functions take e.g. “A1”, “A3:C6” etc.
The following example shows you how to place a value in a cell using the Range property.
' https://excelmacromastery.com/ Public Sub WriteToCell() ' Write number to cell A1 in sheet1 of this workbook ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("A1").Value2 = 67 ' Write text to cell A2 in sheet1 of this workbook ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("A2").Value2 = "John Smith" ' Write date to cell A3 in sheet1 of this workbook ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("A3").Value2 = #11/21/2017# End Sub
As you can see Range is a member of the worksheet which in turn is a member of the Workbook. This follows the same hierarchy as in Excel so should be easy to understand. To do something with Range you must first specify the workbook and worksheet it belongs to.
For the rest of this post I will use the code name to reference the worksheet.
The following code shows the above example using the code name of the worksheet i.e. Sheet1 instead of ThisWorkbook.Worksheets(“Sheet1”).
' https://excelmacromastery.com/ Public Sub UsingCodeName() ' Write number to cell A1 in sheet1 of this workbook Sheet1.Range("A1").Value2 = 67 ' Write text to cell A2 in sheet1 of this workbook Sheet1.Range("A2").Value2 = "John Smith" ' Write date to cell A3 in sheet1 of this workbook Sheet1.Range("A3").Value2 = #11/21/2017# End Sub
You can also write to multiple cells using the Range property
' https://excelmacromastery.com/ Public Sub WriteToMulti() ' Write number to a range of cells Sheet1.Range("A1:A10").Value2 = 67 ' Write text to multiple ranges of cells Sheet1.Range("B2:B5,B7:B9").Value2 = "John Smith" End Sub
You can download working examples of all the code from this post from the top of this article.
The Cells Property of the Worksheet
The worksheet object has another property called Cells which is very similar to range. There are two differences
- Cells returns a range of one cell only.
- Cells takes row and column as arguments.
The example below shows you how to write values to cells using both the Range and Cells property
' https://excelmacromastery.com/ Public Sub UsingCells() ' Write to A1 Sheet1.Range("A1").Value2 = 10 Sheet1.Cells(1, 1).Value2 = 10 ' Write to A10 Sheet1.Range("A10").Value2 = 10 Sheet1.Cells(10, 1).Value2 = 10 ' Write to E1 Sheet1.Range("E1").Value2 = 10 Sheet1.Cells(1, 5).Value2 = 10 End Sub
You may be wondering when you should use Cells and when you should use Range. Using Range is useful for accessing the same cells each time the Macro runs.
For example, if you were using a Macro to calculate a total and write it to cell A10 every time then Range would be suitable for this task.
Using the Cells property is useful if you are accessing a cell based on a number that may vary. It is easier to explain this with an example.
In the following code, we ask the user to specify the column number. Using Cells gives us the flexibility to use a variable number for the column.
' https://excelmacromastery.com/ Public Sub WriteToColumn() Dim UserCol As Integer ' Get the column number from the user UserCol = Application.InputBox(" Please enter the column...", Type:=1) ' Write text to user selected column Sheet1.Cells(1, UserCol).Value2 = "John Smith" End Sub
In the above example, we are using a number for the column rather than a letter.
To use Range here would require us to convert these values to the letter/number cell reference e.g. “C1”. Using the Cells property allows us to provide a row and a column number to access a cell.
Sometimes you may want to return more than one cell using row and column numbers. The next section shows you how to do this.
Using Cells and Range together
As you have seen you can only access one cell using the Cells property. If you want to return a range of cells then you can use Cells with Ranges as follows
' https://excelmacromastery.com/ Public Sub UsingCellsWithRange() With Sheet1 ' Write 5 to Range A1:A10 using Cells property .Range(.Cells(1, 1), .Cells(10, 1)).Value2 = 5 ' Format Range B1:Z1 to be bold .Range(.Cells(1, 2), .Cells(1, 26)).Font.Bold = True End With End Sub
As you can see, you provide the start and end cell of the Range. Sometimes it can be tricky to see which range you are dealing with when the value are all numbers. Range has a property called Address which displays the letter/ number cell reference of any range. This can come in very handy when you are debugging or writing code for the first time.
In the following example we print out the address of the ranges we are using:
' https://excelmacromastery.com/ Public Sub ShowRangeAddress() ' Note: Using underscore allows you to split up lines of code With Sheet1 ' Write 5 to Range A1:A10 using Cells property .Range(.Cells(1, 1), .Cells(10, 1)).Value2 = 5 Debug.Print "First address is : " _ + .Range(.Cells(1, 1), .Cells(10, 1)).Address ' Format Range B1:Z1 to be bold .Range(.Cells(1, 2), .Cells(1, 26)).Font.Bold = True Debug.Print "Second address is : " _ + .Range(.Cells(1, 2), .Cells(1, 26)).Address End With End Sub
In the example I used Debug.Print to print to the Immediate Window. To view this window select View->Immediate Window(or Ctrl G)
You can download all the code for this post from the top of this article.
The Offset Property of Range
Range has a property called Offset. The term Offset refers to a count from the original position. It is used a lot in certain areas of programming. With the Offset property you can get a Range of cells the same size and a certain distance from the current range. The reason this is useful is that sometimes you may want to select a Range based on a certain condition. For example in the screenshot below there is a column for each day of the week. Given the day number(i.e. Monday=1, Tuesday=2 etc.) we need to write the value to the correct column.
We will first attempt to do this without using Offset.
' https://excelmacromastery.com/ ' This sub tests with different values Public Sub TestSelect() ' Monday SetValueSelect 1, 111.21 ' Wednesday SetValueSelect 3, 456.99 ' Friday SetValueSelect 5, 432.25 ' Sunday SetValueSelect 7, 710.17 End Sub ' Writes the value to a column based on the day Public Sub SetValueSelect(lDay As Long, lValue As Currency) Select Case lDay Case 1: Sheet1.Range("H3").Value2 = lValue Case 2: Sheet1.Range("I3").Value2 = lValue Case 3: Sheet1.Range("J3").Value2 = lValue Case 4: Sheet1.Range("K3").Value2 = lValue Case 5: Sheet1.Range("L3").Value2 = lValue Case 6: Sheet1.Range("M3").Value2 = lValue Case 7: Sheet1.Range("N3").Value2 = lValue End Select End Sub
As you can see in the example, we need to add a line for each possible option. This is not an ideal situation. Using the Offset Property provides a much cleaner solution
' https://excelmacromastery.com/ ' This sub tests with different values Public Sub TestOffset() DayOffSet 1, 111.01 DayOffSet 3, 456.99 DayOffSet 5, 432.25 DayOffSet 7, 710.17 End Sub Public Sub DayOffSet(lDay As Long, lValue As Currency) ' We use the day value with offset specify the correct column Sheet1.Range("G3").Offset(, lDay).Value2 = lValue End Sub
As you can see this solution is much better. If the number of days in increased then we do not need to add any more code. For Offset to be useful there needs to be some kind of relationship between the positions of the cells. If the Day columns in the above example were random then we could not use Offset. We would have to use the first solution.
One thing to keep in mind is that Offset retains the size of the range. So .Range(“A1:A3”).Offset(1,1) returns the range B2:B4. Below are some more examples of using Offset
' https://excelmacromastery.com/ Public Sub UsingOffset() ' Write to B2 - no offset Sheet1.Range("B2").Offset().Value2 = "Cell B2" ' Write to C2 - 1 column to the right Sheet1.Range("B2").Offset(, 1).Value2 = "Cell C2" ' Write to B3 - 1 row down Sheet1.Range("B2").Offset(1).Value2 = "Cell B3" ' Write to C3 - 1 column right and 1 row down Sheet1.Range("B2").Offset(1, 1).Value2 = "Cell C3" ' Write to A1 - 1 column left and 1 row up Sheet1.Range("B2").Offset(-1, -1).Value2 = "Cell A1" ' Write to range E3:G13 - 1 column right and 1 row down Sheet1.Range("D2:F12").Offset(1, 1).Value2 = "Cells E3:G13" End Sub
Using the Range CurrentRegion
CurrentRegion returns a range of all the adjacent cells to the given range.
In the screenshot below you can see the two current regions. I have added borders to make the current regions clear.
A row or column of blank cells signifies the end of a current region.
You can manually check the CurrentRegion in Excel by selecting a range and pressing Ctrl + Shift + *.
If we take any range of cells within the border and apply CurrentRegion, we will get back the range of cells in the entire area.
For example
Range(“B3”).CurrentRegion will return the range B3:D14
Range(“D14”).CurrentRegion will return the range B3:D14
Range(“C8:C9”).CurrentRegion will return the range B3:D14
and so on
How to Use
We get the CurrentRegion as follows
' Current region will return B3:D14 from above example Dim rg As Range Set rg = Sheet1.Range("B3").CurrentRegion
Read Data Rows Only
Read through the range from the second row i.e.skipping the header row
' Current region will return B3:D14 from above example Dim rg As Range Set rg = Sheet1.Range("B3").CurrentRegion ' Start at row 2 - row after header Dim i As Long For i = 2 To rg.Rows.Count ' current row, column 1 of range Debug.Print rg.Cells(i, 1).Value2 Next i
Remove Header
Remove header row(i.e. first row) from the range. For example if range is A1:D4 this will return A2:D4
' Current region will return B3:D14 from above example Dim rg As Range Set rg = Sheet1.Range("B3").CurrentRegion ' Remove Header Set rg = rg.Resize(rg.Rows.Count - 1).Offset(1) ' Start at row 1 as no header row Dim i As Long For i = 1 To rg.Rows.Count ' current row, column 1 of range Debug.Print rg.Cells(i, 1).Value2 Next i
Using Rows and Columns as Ranges
If you want to do something with an entire Row or Column you can use the Rows or Columns property of the Worksheet. They both take one parameter which is the row or column number you wish to access
' https://excelmacromastery.com/ Public Sub UseRowAndColumns() ' Set the font size of column B to 9 Sheet1.Columns(2).Font.Size = 9 ' Set the width of columns D to F Sheet1.Columns("D:F").ColumnWidth = 4 ' Set the font size of row 5 to 18 Sheet1.Rows(5).Font.Size = 18 End Sub
Using Range in place of Worksheet
You can also use Cells, Rows and Columns as part of a Range rather than part of a Worksheet. You may have a specific need to do this but otherwise I would avoid the practice. It makes the code more complex. Simple code is your friend. It reduces the possibility of errors.
The code below will set the second column of the range to bold. As the range has only two rows the entire column is considered B1:B2
' https://excelmacromastery.com/ Public Sub UseColumnsInRange() ' This will set B1 and B2 to be bold Sheet1.Range("A1:C2").Columns(2).Font.Bold = True End Sub
You can download all the code for this post from the top of this article.
Reading Values from one Cell to another
In most of the examples so far we have written values to a cell. We do this by placing the range on the left of the equals sign and the value to place in the cell on the right. To write data from one cell to another we do the same. The destination range goes on the left and the source range goes on the right.
The following example shows you how to do this:
' https://excelmacromastery.com/ Public Sub ReadValues() ' Place value from B1 in A1 Sheet1.Range("A1").Value2 = Sheet1.Range("B1").Value2 ' Place value from B3 in sheet2 to cell A1 Sheet1.Range("A1").Value2 = Sheet2.Range("B3").Value2 ' Place value from B1 in cells A1 to A5 Sheet1.Range("A1:A5").Value2 = Sheet1.Range("B1").Value2 ' You need to use the "Value" property to read multiple cells Sheet1.Range("A1:A5").Value2 = Sheet1.Range("B1:B5").Value2 End Sub
As you can see from this example it is not possible to read from multiple cells. If you want to do this you can use the Copy function of Range with the Destination parameter
' https://excelmacromastery.com/ Public Sub CopyValues() ' Store the copy range in a variable Dim rgCopy As Range Set rgCopy = Sheet1.Range("B1:B5") ' Use this to copy from more than one cell rgCopy.Copy Destination:=Sheet1.Range("A1:A5") ' You can paste to multiple destinations rgCopy.Copy Destination:=Sheet1.Range("A1:A5,C2:C6") End Sub
The Copy function copies everything including the format of the cells. It is the same result as manually copying and pasting a selection. You can see more about it in the Copying and Pasting Cells section.
Using the Range.Resize Method
When copying from one range to another using assignment(i.e. the equals sign), the destination range must be the same size as the source range.
Using the Resize function allows us to resize a range to a given number of rows and columns.
For example:
' https://excelmacromastery.com/ Sub ResizeExamples() ' Prints A1 Debug.Print Sheet1.Range("A1").Address ' Prints A1:A2 Debug.Print Sheet1.Range("A1").Resize(2, 1).Address ' Prints A1:A5 Debug.Print Sheet1.Range("A1").Resize(5, 1).Address ' Prints A1:D1 Debug.Print Sheet1.Range("A1").Resize(1, 4).Address ' Prints A1:C3 Debug.Print Sheet1.Range("A1").Resize(3, 3).Address End Sub
When we want to resize our destination range we can simply use the source range size.
In other words, we use the row and column count of the source range as the parameters for resizing:
' https://excelmacromastery.com/ Sub Resize() Dim rgSrc As Range, rgDest As Range ' Get all the data in the current region Set rgSrc = Sheet1.Range("A1").CurrentRegion ' Get the range destination Set rgDest = Sheet2.Range("A1") Set rgDest = rgDest.Resize(rgSrc.Rows.Count, rgSrc.Columns.Count) rgDest.Value2 = rgSrc.Value2 End Sub
We can do the resize in one line if we prefer:
' https://excelmacromastery.com/ Sub ResizeOneLine() Dim rgSrc As Range ' Get all the data in the current region Set rgSrc = Sheet1.Range("A1").CurrentRegion With rgSrc Sheet2.Range("A1").Resize(.Rows.Count, .Columns.Count).Value2 = .Value2 End With End Sub
Reading Values to variables
We looked at how to read from one cell to another. You can also read from a cell to a variable. A variable is used to store values while a Macro is running. You normally do this when you want to manipulate the data before writing it somewhere. The following is a simple example using a variable. As you can see the value of the item to the right of the equals is written to the item to the left of the equals.
' https://excelmacromastery.com/ Public Sub UseVariables() ' Create Dim number As Long ' Read number from cell number = Sheet1.Range("A1").Value2 ' Add 1 to value number = number + 1 ' Write new value to cell Sheet1.Range("A2").Value2 = number End Sub
To read text to a variable you use a variable of type String:
' https://excelmacromastery.com/ Public Sub UseVariableText() ' Declare a variable of type string Dim text As String ' Read value from cell text = Sheet1.Range("A1").Value2 ' Write value to cell Sheet1.Range("A2").Value2 = text End Sub
You can write a variable to a range of cells. You just specify the range on the left and the value will be written to all cells in the range.
' https://excelmacromastery.com/ Public Sub VarToMulti() ' Read value from cell Sheet1.Range("A1:B10").Value2 = 66 End Sub
You cannot read from multiple cells to a variable. However you can read to an array which is a collection of variables. We will look at doing this in the next section.
How to Copy and Paste Cells
If you want to copy and paste a range of cells then you do not need to select them. This is a common error made by new VBA users.
Note: We normally use Range.Copy when we want to copy formats, formulas, validation. If we want to copy values it is not the most efficient method.
I have written a complete guide to copying data in Excel VBA here.
You can simply copy a range of cells like this:
Range("A1:B4").Copy Destination:=Range("C5")
Using this method copies everything – values, formats, formulas and so on. If you want to copy individual items you can use the PasteSpecial property of range.
It works like this
Range("A1:B4").Copy Range("F3").PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteValues Range("F3").PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteFormats Range("F3").PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteFormulas
The following table shows a full list of all the paste types
Paste Type |
---|
xlPasteAll |
xlPasteAllExceptBorders |
xlPasteAllMergingConditionalFormats |
xlPasteAllUsingSourceTheme |
xlPasteColumnWidths |
xlPasteComments |
xlPasteFormats |
xlPasteFormulas |
xlPasteFormulasAndNumberFormats |
xlPasteValidation |
xlPasteValues |
xlPasteValuesAndNumberFormats |
Reading a Range of Cells to an Array
You can also copy values by assigning the value of one range to another.
Range("A3:Z3").Value2 = Range("A1:Z1").Value2
The value of range in this example is considered to be a variant array. What this means is that you can easily read from a range of cells to an array. You can also write from an array to a range of cells. If you are not familiar with arrays you can check them out in this post.
The following code shows an example of using an array with a range:
' https://excelmacromastery.com/ Public Sub ReadToArray() ' Create dynamic array Dim StudentMarks() As Variant ' Read 26 values into array from the first row StudentMarks = Range("A1:Z1").Value2 ' Do something with array here ' Write the 26 values to the third row Range("A3:Z3").Value2 = StudentMarks End Sub
Keep in mind that the array created by the read is a 2 dimensional array. This is because a spreadsheet stores values in two dimensions i.e. rows and columns
Going through all the cells in a Range
Sometimes you may want to go through each cell one at a time to check value.
You can do this using a For Each loop shown in the following code
' https://excelmacromastery.com/ Public Sub TraversingCells() ' Go through each cells in the range Dim rg As Range For Each rg In Sheet1.Range("A1:A10,A20") ' Print address of cells that are negative If rg.Value < 0 Then Debug.Print rg.Address + " is negative." End If Next End Sub
You can also go through consecutive Cells using the Cells property and a standard For loop.
The standard loop is more flexible about the order you use but it is slower than a For Each loop.
' https://excelmacromastery.com/ Public Sub TraverseCells() ' Go through cells from A1 to A10 Dim i As Long For i = 1 To 10 ' Print address of cells that are negative If Range("A" & i).Value < 0 Then Debug.Print Range("A" & i).Address + " is negative." End If Next ' Go through cells in reverse i.e. from A10 to A1 For i = 10 To 1 Step -1 ' Print address of cells that are negative If Range("A" & i) < 0 Then Debug.Print Range("A" & i).Address + " is negative." End If Next End Sub
Formatting Cells
Sometimes you will need to format the cells the in spreadsheet. This is actually very straightforward. The following example shows you various formatting you can add to any range of cells
' https://excelmacromastery.com/ Public Sub FormattingCells() With Sheet1 ' Format the font .Range("A1").Font.Bold = True .Range("A1").Font.Underline = True .Range("A1").Font.Color = rgbNavy ' Set the number format to 2 decimal places .Range("B2").NumberFormat = "0.00" ' Set the number format to a date .Range("C2").NumberFormat = "dd/mm/yyyy" ' Set the number format to general .Range("C3").NumberFormat = "General" ' Set the number format to text .Range("C4").NumberFormat = "Text" ' Set the fill color of the cell .Range("B3").Interior.Color = rgbSandyBrown ' Format the borders .Range("B4").Borders.LineStyle = xlDash .Range("B4").Borders.Color = rgbBlueViolet End With End Sub
Main Points
The following is a summary of the main points
- Range returns a range of cells
- Cells returns one cells only
- You can read from one cell to another
- You can read from a range of cells to another range of cells.
- You can read values from cells to variables and vice versa.
- You can read values from ranges to arrays and vice versa
- You can use a For Each or For loop to run through every cell in a range.
- The properties Rows and Columns allow you to access a range of cells of these types
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In this Article
- Select Entire Rows or Columns
- Select Single Row
- Select Single Column
- Select Multiple Rows or Columns
- Select ActiveCell Row or Column
- Select Rows and Columns on Other Worksheets
- Is Selecting Rows and Columns Necessary?
- Methods and Properties of Rows & Columns
- Delete Entire Rows or Columns
- Insert Rows or Columns
- Copy & Paste Entire Rows or Columns
- Hide / Unhide Rows and Columns
- Group / UnGroup Rows and Columns
- Set Row Height or Column Width
- Autofit Row Height / Column Width
- Rows and Columns on Other Worksheets or Workbooks
- Get Active Row or Column
This tutorial will demonstrate how to select and work with entire rows or columns in VBA.
First we will cover how to select entire rows and columns, then we will demonstrate how to manipulate rows and columns.
Select Entire Rows or Columns
Select Single Row
You can select an entire row with the Rows Object like this:
Rows(5).Select
Or you can use EntireRow along with the Range or Cells Objects:
Range("B5").EntireRow.Select
or
Cells(5,1).EntireRow.Select
You can also use the Range Object to refer specifically to a Row:
Range("5:5").Select
Select Single Column
Instead of the Rows Object, use the Columns Object to select columns. Here you can reference the column number 3:
Columns(3).Select
or letter “C”, surrounded by quotations:
Columns("C").Select
Instead of EntireRow, use EntireColumn along with the Range or Cells Objects to select entire columns:
Range("C5").EntireColumn.Select
or
Cells(5,3).EntireColumn.Select
You can also use the Range Object to refer specifically to a column:
Range("B:B").Select
Select Multiple Rows or Columns
Selecting multiple rows or columns works exactly the same when using EntireRow or EntireColumn:
Range("B5:D10").EntireRow.Select
or
Range("B5:B10").EntireColumn.Select
However, when you use the Rows or Columns Objects, you must enter the row numbers or column letters in quotations:
Rows("1:3").Select
or
Columns("B:C").Select
Select ActiveCell Row or Column
To select the ActiveCell Row or Column, you can use one of these lines of code:
ActiveCell.EntireRow.Select
or
ActiveCell.EntireColumn.Select
Select Rows and Columns on Other Worksheets
In order to select Rows or Columns on other worksheets, you must first select the worksheet.
Sheets("Sheet2").Select
Rows(3).Select
The same goes for when selecting rows or columns in other workbooks.
Workbooks("Book6.xlsm").Activate
Sheets("Sheet2").Select
Rows(3).Select
Note: You must Activate the desired workbook. Unlike the Sheets Object, the Workbook Object does not have a Select Method.
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Is Selecting Rows and Columns Necessary?
However, it’s (almost?) never necessary to actually select Rows or Columns. You don’t need to select a Row or Column in order to interact with them. Instead, you can apply Methods or Properties directly to the Rows or Columns. The next several sections will demonstrate different Methods and Properties that can be applied.
You can use any method listed above to refer to Rows or Columns.
Methods and Properties of Rows & Columns
Delete Entire Rows or Columns
To delete rows or columns, use the Delete Method:
Rows("1:4").Delete
or:
Columns("A:D").Delete
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Insert Rows or Columns
Use the Insert Method to insert rows or columns:
Rows("1:4").Insert
or:
Columns("A:D").Insert
Copy & Paste Entire Rows or Columns
Paste Into Existing Row or Column
When copying and pasting entire rows or columns you need to decide if you want to paste over an existing row / column or if you want to insert a new row / column to paste your data.
These first examples will copy and paste over an existing row or column:
Range("1:1").Copy Range("5:5")
or
Range("C:C").Copy Range("E:E")
Insert & Paste
These next examples will paste into a newly inserted row or column.
This will copy row 1 and insert it into row 5, shifting the existing rows down:
Range("1:1").Copy
Range("5:5").Insert
This will copy column C and insert it into column E, shifting the existing columns to the right:
Range("C:C").Copy
Range("E:E").Insert
Hide / Unhide Rows and Columns
To hide rows or columns set their Hidden Properties to True. Use False to hide the rows or columns:
'Hide Rows
Rows("2:3").EntireRow.Hidden = True
'Unhide Rows
Rows("2:3").EntireRow.Hidden = False
or
'Hide Columns
Columns("B:C").EntireColumn.Hidden = True
'Unhide Columns
Columns("B:C").EntireColumn.Hidden = False
Group / UnGroup Rows and Columns
If you want to Group rows (or columns) use code like this:
'Group Rows
Rows("3:5").Group
'Group Columns
Columns("C:D").Group
To remove the grouping use this code:
'Ungroup Rows
Rows("3:5").Ungroup
'Ungroup Columns
Columns("C:D").Ungroup
This will expand all “grouped” outline levels:
ActiveSheet.Outline.ShowLevels RowLevels:=8, ColumnLevels:=8
and this will collapse all outline levels:
ActiveSheet.Outline.ShowLevels RowLevels:=1, ColumnLevels:=1
Set Row Height or Column Width
To set the column width use this line of code:
Columns("A:E").ColumnWidth = 30
To set the row height use this line of code:
Rows("1:1").RowHeight = 30
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Autofit Row Height / Column Width
To Autofit a column:
Columns("A:B").Autofit
To Autofit a row:
Rows("1:2").Autofit
Rows and Columns on Other Worksheets or Workbooks
To interact with rows and columns on other worksheets, you must define the Sheets Object:
Sheets("Sheet2").Rows(3).Insert
Similarly, to interact with rows and columns in other workbooks, you must also define the Workbook Object:
Workbooks("book1.xlsm").Sheets("Sheet2").Rows(3).Insert
Get Active Row or Column
To get the active row or column, you can use the Row and Column Properties of the ActiveCell Object.
MsgBox ActiveCell.Row
or
MsgBox ActiveCell.Column
This also works with the Range Object:
MsgBox Range("B3").Column
The VBA Range Object
The Excel Range Object is an object in Excel VBA that represents a cell, row, column, a selection of cells or a 3 dimensional range. The Excel Range is also a Worksheet property that returns a subset of its cells.
Worksheet Range
The Range is a Worksheet property which allows you to select any subset of cells, rows, columns etc.
Dim r as Range 'Declared Range variable Set r = Range("A1") 'Range of A1 cell Set r = Range("A1:B2") 'Square Range of 4 cells - A1,A2,B1,B2 Set r= Range(Range("A1"), Range ("B1")) 'Range of 2 cells A1 and B1 Range("A1:B2").Select 'Select the Cells A1:B2 in your Excel Worksheet Range("A1:B2").Activate 'Activate the cells and show them on your screen (will switch to Worksheet and/or scroll to this range.
Select a cell or Range of cells using the Select method. It will be visibly marked in Excel:
Working with Range variables
The Range is a separate object variable and can be declared as other variables. As the VBA Range is an object you need to use the Set statement:
Dim myRange as Range '... Set myRange = Range("A1") 'Need to use Set to define myRange
The Range object defaults to your ActiveWorksheet. So beware as depending on your ActiveWorksheet the Range object will return values local to your worksheet:
Range("A1").Select '...is the same as... ActiveSheet.Range("A1").Select
You might want to define the Worksheet reference by Range if you want your reference values from a specifc Worksheet:
Sheets("Sheet1").Range("A1").Select 'Will always select items from Worksheet named Sheet1
The ActiveWorkbook is not same to ThisWorkbook. Same goes for the ActiveSheet. This may reference a Worksheet from within a Workbook external to the Workbook in which the macro is executed as Active references simply the currently top-most worksheet. Read more here
Range properties
The Range object contains a variety of properties with the main one being it’s Value and an the second one being its Formula.
A Range Value is the evaluated property of a cell or a range of cells. For example a cell with the formula =10+20
has an evaluated value of 20
.
A Range Formula is the formula provided in the cell or range of cells. For example a cell with a formula of =10+20
will have the same Formula property.
'Let us assume A1 contains the formula "=10+20" Debug.Print Range("A1").Value 'Returns: 30 Debug.Print Range("A1").Formula 'Returns: =10+20
Other Range properties include:
Work in progress
Worksheet Cells
A Worksheet Cells property is similar to the Range property but allows you to obtain only a SINGLE CELL, based on its row and column index. Numbering starts at 1:
The Cells property is in fact a Range object not a separate data type.
Excel facilitates a Cells function that allows you to obtain a cell from within the ActiveSheet, current top-most worksheet.
Cells(2,2).Select 'Selects B2 '...is the same as... ActiveSheet.Cells(2,2).Select 'Select B2
Cells are Ranges which means they are not a separate data type:
Dim myRange as Range Set myRange = Cells(1,1) 'Cell A1
Range Rows and Columns
As we all know an Excel Worksheet is divided into Rows and Columns. The Excel VBA Range object allows you to select single or multiple rows as well as single or multiple columns. There are a couple of ways to obtain Worksheet rows in VBA:
Getting an entire row or column
To get and entire row of a specified Range you need to use the EntireRow property. Although, the function’s parameters suggest taking both a RowIndex and ColumnIndex it is enough just to provide the row number. Row indexing starts at 1.
To get and entire column of a specified Range you need to use the EntireColumn property. Although, the function’s parameters suggest taking both a RowIndex and ColumnIndex it is enough just to provide the column number. Column indexing starts at 1.
Range("B2").EntireRows(1).Hidden = True 'Gets and hides the entire row 2 Range("B2").EntireColumns(1).Hidden = True 'Gets and hides the entire column 2
The three properties EntireRow/EntireColumn, Rows/Columns and Row/Column are often misunderstood so read through to understand the differences.
Get a row/column of a specified range
If you want to get a certain row within a Range simply use the Rows property of the Worksheet. Although, the function’s parameters suggest taking both a RowIndex and ColumnIndex it is enough just to provide the row number. Row indexing starts at 1.
Similarly you can use the Columns function to obtain any single column within a Range. Although, the function’s parameters suggest taking both a RowIndex and ColumnIndex actually the first argument you provide will be the column index. Column indexing starts at 1.
Rows(1).Hidden = True 'Hides the first row in the ActiveSheet 'same as ActiveSheet.Rows(1).Hidden = True Columns(1).Hidden = True 'Hides the first column in the ActiveSheet 'same as ActiveSheet.Columns(1).Hidden = True
To get a range of rows/columns you need to use the Range function like so:
Range(Rows(1), Rows(3)).Hidden = True 'Hides rows 1:3 'same as Range("1:3").Hidden = True 'same as ActiveSheet.Range("1:3").Hidden = True Range(Columns(1), Columns(3)).Hidden = True 'Hides columns A:C 'same as Range("A:C").Hidden = True 'same as ActiveSheet.Range("A:C").Hidden = True
Get row/column of specified range
The above approach assumed you want to obtain only rows/columns from the ActiveSheet – the visible and top-most Worksheet. Usually however, you will want to obtain rows or columns of an existing Range. Similarly as with the Worksheet Range property, any Range facilitates the Rows and Columns property.
Dim myRange as Range Set myRange = Range("A1:C3") myRange.Rows.Hidden = True 'Hides rows 1:3 myRange.Columns.Hidden = True 'Hides columns A:C Set myRange = Range("C10:F20") myRange.Rows(2).Hidden = True 'Hides rows 11 myRange.Columns(3).Hidden = True 'Hides columns E
Getting a Ranges first row/column number
Aside from the Rows and Columns properties Ranges also facilitate a Row and Column property which provide you with the number of the Ranges first row and column.
Set myRange = Range("C10:F20") 'Get first row number Debug.Print myRange.Row 'Result: 10 'Get first column number Debug.Print myRange.Column 'Result: 3
Converting Column number to Excel Column
This is an often question that turns up – how to convert a column number to a string e.g. 100 to “CV”.
Function GetExcelColumn(columnNumber As Long) Dim div As Long, colName As String, modulo As Long div = columnNumber: colName = vbNullString Do While div > 0 modulo = (div - 1) Mod 26 colName = Chr(65 + modulo) & colName div = ((div - modulo) / 26) Loop GetExcelColumn = colName End Function
Range Cut/Copy/Paste
Cutting and pasting rows is generally a bad practice which I heavily discourage as this is a practice that is moments can be heavily cpu-intensive and often is unaccounted for.
Copy function
The Copy function works on a single cell, subset of cell or subset of rows/columns.
'Copy values and formatting from cell A1 to cell D1 Range("A1").Copy Range("D1") 'Copy 3x3 A1:C3 matrix to D1:F3 matrix - dimension must be same Range("A1:C3").Copy Range("D1:F3") 'Copy rows 1:3 to rows 4:6 Range("A1:A3").EntireRow.Copy Range("A4") 'Copy columns A:C to columns D:F Range("A1:C1").EntireColumn.Copy Range("D1")
The Copy function can also be executed without an argument. It then copies the Range to the Windows Clipboard for later Pasting.
Cut function
The Cut function, similarly as the Copy function, cuts single cells, ranges of cells or rows/columns.
'Cut A1 cell and paste it to D1 Range("A1").Cut Range("D1") 'Cut 3x3 A1:C3 matrix and paste it in D1:F3 matrix - dimension must be same Range("A1:C3").Cut Range("D1:F3") 'Cut rows 1:3 and paste to rows 4:6 Range("A1:A3").EntireRow.Cut Range("A4") 'Cut columns A:C and paste to columns D:F Range("A1:C1").EntireColumn.Cut Range("D1")
The Cut function can be executed without arguments. It will then cut the contents of the Range and copy it to the Windows Clipboard for pasting.
Cutting cells/rows/columns does not shift any remaining cells/rows/columns but simply leaves the cut out cells empty
PasteSpecial function
The Range PasteSpecial function works only when preceded with either the Copy or Cut Range functions. It pastes the Range (or other data) within the Clipboard to the Range on which it was executed.
Syntax
The PasteSpecial function has the following syntax:
PasteSpecial( Paste, Operation, SkipBlanks, Transpose)
The PasteSpecial function can only be used in tandem with the Copy function (not Cut)
Parameters
Paste
The part of the Range which is to be pasted. This parameter can have the following values:
Parameter | Constant | Description | |
---|---|---|---|
xlPasteSpecialOperationAdd | 2 | Copied data will be added with the value in the destination cell. | |
xlPasteSpecialOperationDivide | 5 | Copied data will be divided with the value in the destination cell. | |
xlPasteSpecialOperationMultiply | 4 | Copied data will be multiplied with the value in the destination cell. | |
xlPasteSpecialOperationNone | -4142 | No calculation will be done in the paste operation. | |
xlPasteSpecialOperationSubtract | 3 | Copied data will be subtracted with the value in the destination cell. |
Operation
The paste operation e.g. paste all, only formatting, only values, etc. This can have one of the following values:
Name | Constant | Description |
---|---|---|
xlPasteAll | -4104 | Everything will be pasted. |
xlPasteAllExceptBorders | 7 | Everything except borders will be pasted. |
xlPasteAllMergingConditionalFormats | 14 | Everything will be pasted and conditional formats will be merged. |
xlPasteAllUsingSourceTheme | 13 | Everything will be pasted using the source theme. |
xlPasteColumnWidths | 8 | Copied column width is pasted. |
xlPasteComments | -4144 | Comments are pasted. |
xlPasteFormats | -4122 | Copied source format is pasted. |
xlPasteFormulas | -4123 | Formulas are pasted. |
xlPasteFormulasAndNumberFormats | 11 | Formulas and Number formats are pasted. |
xlPasteValidation | 6 | Validations are pasted. |
xlPasteValues | -4163 | Values are pasted. |
xlPasteValuesAndNumberFormats | 12 | Values and Number formats are pasted. |
SkipBlanks
If True then blanks will not be pasted.
Transpose
Transpose the Range before paste (swap rows with columns).
PasteSpecial Examples
'Cut A1 cell and paste its values to D1 Range("A1").Copy Range("D1").PasteSpecial 'Copy 3x3 A1:C3 matrix and add all the values to E1:G3 matrix (dimension must be same) Range("A1:C3").Copy Range("E1:G3").PasteSpecial xlPasteValues, xlPasteSpecialOperationAdd
Below an example where the Excel Range A1:C3 values are copied an added to the E1:G3 Range. You can also multiply, divide and run other similar operations.
Paste
The Paste function allows you to paste data in the Clipboard to the actively selected Range. Cutting and Pasting can only be accomplished with the Paste function.
'Cut A1 cell and paste its values to D1 Range("A1").Cut Range("D1").Select ActiveSheet.Paste 'Cut 3x3 A1:C3 matrix and paste it in D1:F3 matrix - dimension must be same Range("A1:C3").Cut Range("D1:F3").Select ActiveSheet.Paste 'Cut rows 1:3 and paste to rows 4:6 Range("A1:A3").EntireRow.Cut Range("A4").Select ActiveSheet.Paste 'Cut columns A:C and paste to columns D:F Range("A1:C1").EntireColumn.Cut Range("D1").Select ActiveSheet.Paste
Range Clear/Delete
The Clear function
The Clear function clears the entire content and formatting from an Excel Range. It does not, however, shift (delete) the cleared cells.
Range("A1:C3").Clear
The Delete function
The Delete function deletes a Range of cells, removing them entirely from the Worksheet, and shifts the remaining Cells in a selected shift direction.
Although the manual Delete cell function provides 4 ways of shifting cells. The VBA Delete Shift values can only be either be xlShiftToLeft or xlShiftUp.
'If Shift omitted, Excel decides - shift up in this case Range("B2").Delete 'Delete and Shift remaining cells left Range("B2").Delete xlShiftToLeft 'Delete and Shift remaining cells up Range("B2").Delete xlShiftTop 'Delete entire row 2 and shift up Range("B2").EntireRow.Delete 'Delete entire column B and shift left Range("B2").EntireRow.Delete
Traversing Ranges
Traversing cells is really useful when you want to run an operation on each cell within an Excel Range. Fortunately this is easily achieved in VBA using the For Each or For loops.
Dim cellRange As Range For Each cellRange In Range("A1:C3") Debug.Print cellRange.Value Next cellRange
Although this may not be obvious, beware of iterating/traversing the Excel Range using a simple For loop. For loops are not efficient on Ranges. Use a For Each loop as shown above. This is because Ranges resemble more Collections than Arrays. Read more on For vs For Each loops here
Traversing the UsedRange
Every Worksheet has a UsedRange. This represents that smallest rectangle Range that contains all cells that have or had at some point values. In other words if the further out in the bottom, right-corner of the Worksheet there is a certain cell (e.g. E8) then the UsedRange will be as large as to include that cell starting at cell A1 (e.g. A1:E8). In Excel you can check the current UsedRange hitting CTRL+END. In VBA you get the UsedRange like this:
ActiveSheet.UsedRange 'same as UsedRange
You can traverse through the UsedRange like this:
Dim cellRange As Range For Each cellRange In UsedRange Debug.Print "Row: " & cellRange.Row & ", Column: " & cellRange.Column Next cellRange
The UsedRange is a useful construct responsible often for bloated Excel Workbooks. Often delete unused Rows and Columns that are considered to be within the UsedRange can result in significantly reducing your file size. Read also more on the XSLB file format here
Range Addresses
The Excel Range Address property provides a string value representing the Address of the Range.
Syntax
Below the syntax of the Excel Range Address property:
Address( [RowAbsolute], [ColumnAbsolute], [ReferenceStyle], [External], [RelativeTo] )
Parameters
RowAbsolute
Optional. If True returns the row part of the reference address as an absolute reference. By default this is True.
$D$10:$G$100 'RowAbsolute is set to True $D10:$G100 'RowAbsolute is set to False
ColumnAbsolute
Optional. If True returns the column part of the reference as an absolute reference. By default this is True.
$D$10:$G$100 'ColumnAbsolute is set to True D$10:G$100 'ColumnAbsolute is set to False
ReferenceStyle
Optional. The reference style. The default value is xlA1. Possible values:
Constant | Value | Description |
---|---|---|
xlA1 | 1 | Default. Use xlA1 to return an A1-style reference |
xlR1C1 | -4150 | Use xlR1C1 to return an R1C1-style reference |
External
Optional. If True then property will return an external reference address, otherwise a local reference address will be returned. By default this is False.
$A$1 'Local [Book1.xlsb]Sheet1!$A$1 'External
RelativeTo
Provided RowAbsolute and ColumnAbsolute are set to False, and the ReferenceStyle is set to xlR1C1, then you must include a starting point for the relative reference. This must be a Range variable to be set as the reference point.
Merged Ranges
Merged cells are Ranges that consist of 2 or more adjacent cells. To Merge a collection of adjacent cells run Merge function on that Range.
The Merge has only a single parameter – Across, a boolean which if True will merge cells in each row of the specified range as separate merged cells. Otherwise the whole Range will be merged. The default value is False.
Merge examples
To merge the entire Range:
'This will turn of any alerts warning that values may be lost Application.DisplayAlerts = False Range("B2:C3").Merge
This will result in the following:
To merge just the rows set Across to True.
'This will turn of any alerts warning that values may be lost Application.DisplayAlerts = False Range("B2:C3").Merge True
This will result in the following:
Remember that merged Ranges can only have a single value and formula. Hence, if you merge a group of cells with more than a single value/formula only the first value/formula will be set as the value/formula for your new merged Range
Checking if Range is merged
To check if a certain Range is merged simply use the Excel Range MergeCells property:
Range("B2:C3").Merge Debug.Print Range("B2").MergeCells 'Result: True
The MergeArea
The MergeArea is a property of an Excel Range that represent the whole merge Range associated with the current Range. Say that $B$2:$C$3 is a merged Range – each cell within that Range (e.g. B2, C3..) will have the exact same MergedArea. See example below:
Range("B2:C3").Merge Debug.Print Range("B2").MergeArea.Address 'Result: $B$2:$C$3
Named Ranges
Named Ranges are Ranges associated with a certain Name (string). In Excel you can find all your Named Ranges by going to Formulas->Name Manager. They are very useful when working on certain values that are used frequently through out your Workbook. Imagine that you are writing a Financial Analysis and want to use a common Discount Rate across all formulas. Just the address of the cell e.g. “A2”, won’t be self-explanatory. Why not use e.g. “DiscountRate” instead? Well you can do just that.
Creating a Named Range
Named Ranges can be created either within the scope of a Workbook or Worksheet:
Dim r as Range 'Within Workbook Set r = ActiveWorkbook.Names.Add("NewName", Range("A1")) 'Within Worksheet Set r = ActiveSheet.Names.Add("NewName", Range("A1"))
This gives you flexibility to use similar names across multiple Worksheets or use a single global name across the entire Workbook.
Listing all Named Ranges
You can list all Named Ranges using the Name Excel data type. Names are objects that represent a single NamedRange. See an example below of listing our two newly created NamedRanges:
Call ActiveWorkbook.Names.Add("NewName", Range("A1")) Call ActiveSheet.Names.Add("NewName", Range("A1")) Dim n As Name For Each n In ActiveWorkbook.Names Debug.Print "Name: " & n.Name & ", Address: " & _ n.RefersToRange.Address & ", Value: "; n.RefersToRange.Value Next n 'Result: 'Name: Sheet1!NewName, Address: $A$1, Value: 1 'Name: NewName, Address: $A$1, Value: 1
SpecialCells
SpecialCells are a very useful Excel Range property, that allows you to select a subset of cells/Ranges within a certain Range.
Syntax
The SpecialCells property has the following syntax:
SpecialCells( Type, [Value] )
Parameters
Type
The type of cells to be returned. Possible values:
Constant | Value | Description |
---|---|---|
xlCellTypeAllFormatConditions | -4172 | Cells of any format |
xlCellTypeAllValidation | -4174 | Cells having validation criteria |
xlCellTypeBlanks | 4 | Empty cells |
xlCellTypeComments | -4144 | Cells containing notes |
xlCellTypeConstants | 2 | Cells containing constants |
xlCellTypeFormulas | -4123 | Cells containing formulas |
xlCellTypeLastCell | 11 | The last cell in the used range |
xlCellTypeSameFormatConditions | -4173 | Cells having the same format |
xlCellTypeSameValidation | -4175 | Cells having the same validation criteria |
xlCellTypeVisible | 12 | All visible cells |
Value
If Type is equal to xlCellTypeConstants or xlCellTypeFormulas this determines the types of cells to return e.g. with errors.
Constant | Value |
---|---|
xlErrors | 16 |
xlLogical | 4 |
xlNumbers | 1 |
xlTextValues | 2 |
SpecialCells examples
Get Excel Range with Constants
This will return only cells with constant cells within the Range C1:C3:
For Each r In Range("A1:C3").SpecialCells(xlCellTypeConstants) Debug.Print r.Value Next r
Search for Excel Range with Errors
For Each r In ActiveSheet.UsedRange.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeFormulas, xlErrors) Debug.Print r.Address Next r
Add a Column to a Table
To add a column to an Excel table use ListColumns.Add and specify the position of the new column.
Dim ws As Worksheet Set ws = ActiveSheet Dim tbl As ListObject Set tbl = ws.ListObjects("Sales_Table") 'add a new column as the 5th column in the table tbl.ListColumns.Add(5).Name = "TAX" 'add a new column at the end of the table tbl.ListColumns.Add.Name = "STATUS"
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Add a Row to a Table
To add a row to an Excel table use ListRows.Add and specify the position of the new row.
Dim ws As Worksheet Set ws = ActiveSheet Dim tbl As ListObject Set tbl = ws.ListObjects("Sales_Table") ‘add a row at the end of the table tbl.ListRows.Add ‘add a row as the fifth row of the table (counts the headers as a row) tbl.ListRows.Add 5
Add Row and Enter Data
Dim ws As Worksheet Set ws = ActiveSheet Dim tbl As ListObject Set tbl =ws.ListObjects("Sales_Table") Dim newrow As ListRow Set newrow = tbl.ListRows.Add With newrow .Range(1) = 83473 .Range(2) = "HJU -64448" .Range(3) = 5 End With
Add/Overwrite Data in a Specific Record
Dim ws AsWorksheet Set ws =ActiveSheet Dim tbl AsListObject Set tbl =ws.ListObjects("Sales_Table") Withtbl.ListRows(3) .Range(3)= 8 .Range(6)= "CASH" End With
Delete Row or Column
Dim ws As Worksheet Set ws = ActiveSheet Dim tbl As ListObject Set tbl = ws.ListObjects("Sales_Table") tbl.ListColumns(2).Delete tbl.ListRows(2).Delete