In this Article
- Ranges and Cells in VBA
- Cell Address
- Range of Cells
- Writing to Cells
- Reading from Cells
- Non Contiguous Cells
- Intersection of Cells
- Offset from a Cell or Range
- Setting Reference to a Range
- Resize a Range
- OFFSET vs Resize
- All Cells in Sheet
- UsedRange
- CurrentRegion
- Range Properties
- Last Cell in Sheet
- Last Used Row Number in a Column
- Last Used Column Number in a Row
- Cell Properties
- Copy and Paste
- AutoFit Contents
- More Range Examples
- For Each
- Sort
- Find
- Range Address
- Range to Array
- Array to Range
- Sum Range
- Count Range
Ranges and Cells in VBA
Excel spreadsheets store data in Cells. Cells are arranged into Rows and Columns. Each cell can be identified by the intersection point of it’s row and column (Exs. B3 or R3C2).
An Excel Range refers to one or more cells (ex. A3:B4)
Cell Address
A1 Notation
In A1 notation, a cell is referred to by it’s column letter (from A to XFD) followed by it’s row number(from 1 to 1,048,576). This is called a cell address.
In VBA you can refer to any cell using the Range Object.
' Refer to cell B4 on the currently active sheet
MsgBox Range("B4")
' Refer to cell B4 on the sheet named 'Data'
MsgBox Worksheets("Data").Range("B4")
' Refer to cell B4 on the sheet named 'Data' in another OPEN workbook
' named 'My Data'
MsgBox Workbooks("My Data").Worksheets("Data").Range("B4")
R1C1 Notation
In R1C1 Notation a cell is referred by R followed by Row Number then letter ‘C’ followed by the Column Number. eg B4 in R1C1 notation will be referred by R4C2. In VBA you use the Cells Object to use R1C1 notation:
' Refer to cell R[6]C[4] i.e D6
Cells(6, 4) = "D6"
Range of Cells
A1 Notation
To refer to a more than one cell use a “:” between the starting cell address and last cell address. The following will refer to all the cells from A1 to D10:
Range("A1:D10")
R1C1 Notation
To refer to a more than one cell use a “,” between the starting cell address and last cell address. The following will refer to all the cells from A1 to D10:
Range(Cells(1, 1), Cells(10, 4))
Writing to Cells
To write values to a cell or contiguous group of cells, simple refer to the range, put an = sign and then write the value to be stored:
' Store F5 in cell with Address F6
Range("F6") = "F6"
' Store E6 in cell with Address R[6]C[5] i.e E6
Cells(6, 5) = "E6"
' Store A1:D10 in the range A1:D10
Range("A1:D10") = "A1:D10"
' or
Range(Cells(1, 1), Cells(10, 4)) = "A1:D10"
Reading from Cells
To read values from cells, simple refer to the variable to store the values, put an = sign and then refer to the range to be read:
Dim val1
Dim val2
' Read from cell F6
val1 = Range("F6")
' Read from cell E6
val2 = Cells(6, 5)
MsgBox val1
Msgbox val2
Note: To store values from a range of cells, you need to use an Array instead of a simple variable.
Non Contiguous Cells
To refer to non contiguous cells use a comma between the cell addresses:
' Store 10 in cells A1, A3, and A5
Range("A1,A3,A5") = 10
' Store 10 in cells A1:A3 and D1:D3)
Range("A1:A3, D1:D3") = 10
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Intersection of Cells
To refer to non contiguous cells use a space between the cell addresses:
' Store 'Col D' in D1:D10
' which is Common between A1:D10 and D1:F10
Range("A1:D10 D1:G10") = "Col D"
Offset from a Cell or Range
Using the Offset function, you can move the reference from a given Range (cell or group of cells) by the specified number_of_rows, and number_of_columns.
Offset Syntax
Range.Offset(number_of_rows, number_of_columns)
Offset from a cell
' OFFSET from a cell A1
' Refer to cell itself
' Move 0 rows and 0 columns
Range("A1").Offset(0, 0) = "A1"
' Move 1 rows and 0 columns
Range("A1").Offset(1, 0) = "A2"
' Move 0 rows and 1 columns
Range("A1").Offset(0, 1) = "B1"
' Move 1 rows and 1 columns
Range("A1").Offset(1, 1) = "B2"
' Move 10 rows and 5 columns
Range("A1").Offset(10, 5) = "F11"
Offset from a Range
' Move Reference to Range A1:D4 by 4 rows and 4 columns
' New Reference is E5:H8
Range("A1:D4").Offset(4,4) = "E5:H8"
Setting Reference to a Range
To assign a range to a range variable: declare a variable of type Range then use the Set command to set it to a range. Please note that you must use the SET command as RANGE is an object:
' Declare a Range variable
Dim myRange as Range
' Set the variable to the range A1:D4
Set myRange = Range("A1:D4")
' Prints $A$1:$D$4
MsgBox myRange.Address
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Resize a Range
Resize method of Range object changes the dimension of the reference range:
Dim myRange As Range
' Range to Resize
Set myRange = Range("A1:F4")
' Prints $A$1:$E$10
Debug.Print myRange.Resize(10, 5).Address
Top-left cell of the Resized range is same as the top-left cell of the original range
Resize Syntax
Range.Resize(number_of_rows, number_of_columns)
OFFSET vs Resize
Offset does not change the dimensions of the range but moves it by the specified number of rows and columns. Resize does not change the position of the original range but changes the dimensions to the specified number of rows and columns.
All Cells in Sheet
The Cells object refers to all the cells in the sheet (1048576 rows and 16384 columns).
' Clear All Cells in Worksheets
Cells.Clear
UsedRange
UsedRange property gives you the rectangular range from the top-left cell used cell to the right-bottom used cell of the active sheet.
Dim ws As Worksheet
Set ws = ActiveSheet
' $B$2:$L$14 if L2 is the first cell with any value
' and L14 is the last cell with any value on the
' active sheet
Debug.Print ws.UsedRange.Address
CurrentRegion
CurrentRegion property gives you the contiguous rectangular range from the top-left cell to the right-bottom used cell containing the referenced cell/range.
Dim myRange As Range
Set myRange = Range("D4:F6")
' Prints $B$2:$L$14
' If there is a filled path from D4:F16 to B2 AND L14
Debug.Print myRange.CurrentRegion.Address
' You can refer to a single starting cell also
Set myRange = Range("D4") ' Prints $B$2:$L$14
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Range Properties
You can get Address, row/column number of a cell, and number of rows/columns in a range as given below:
Dim myRange As Range
Set myRange = Range("A1:F10")
' Prints $A$1:$F$10
Debug.Print myRange.Address
Set myRange = Range("F10")
' Prints 10 for Row 10
Debug.Print myRange.Row
' Prints 6 for Column F
Debug.Print myRange.Column
Set myRange = Range("E1:F5")
' Prints 5 for number of Rows in range
Debug.Print myRange.Rows.Count
' Prints 2 for number of Columns in range
Debug.Print myRange.Columns.Count
Last Cell in Sheet
You can use Rows.Count and Columns.Count properties with Cells object to get the last cell on the sheet:
' Print the last row number
' Prints 1048576
Debug.Print "Rows in the sheet: " & Rows.Count
' Print the last column number
' Prints 16384
Debug.Print "Columns in the sheet: " & Columns.Count
' Print the address of the last cell
' Prints $XFD$1048576
Debug.Print "Address of Last Cell in the sheet: " & Cells(Rows.Count, Columns.Count)
Last Used Row Number in a Column
END property takes you the last cell in the range, and End(xlUp) takes you up to the first used cell from that cell.
Dim lastRow As Long
lastRow = Cells(Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row
Last Used Column Number in a Row
Dim lastCol As Long
lastCol = Cells(1, Columns.Count).End(xlToLeft).Column
END property takes you the last cell in the range, and End(xlToLeft) takes you left to the first used cell from that cell.
You can also use xlDown and xlToRight properties to navigate to the first bottom or right used cells of the current cell.
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Cell Properties
Common Properties
Here is code to display commonly used Cell Properties
Dim cell As Range
Set cell = Range("A1")
cell.Activate
Debug.Print cell.Address
' Print $A$1
Debug.Print cell.Value
' Prints 456
' Address
Debug.Print cell.Formula
' Prints =SUM(C2:C3)
' Comment
Debug.Print cell.Comment.Text
' Style
Debug.Print cell.Style
' Cell Format
Debug.Print cell.DisplayFormat.NumberFormat
Cell Font
Cell.Font object contains properties of the Cell Font:
Dim cell As Range
Set cell = Range("A1")
' Regular, Italic, Bold, and Bold Italic
cell.Font.FontStyle = "Bold Italic"
' Same as
cell.Font.Bold = True
cell.Font.Italic = True
' Set font to Courier
cell.Font.FontStyle = "Courier"
' Set Font Color
cell.Font.Color = vbBlue
' or
cell.Font.Color = RGB(255, 0, 0)
' Set Font Size
cell.Font.Size = 20
Copy and Paste
Paste All
Ranges/Cells can be copied and pasted from one location to another. The following code copies all the properties of source range to destination range (equivalent to CTRL-C and CTRL-V)
'Simple Copy
Range("A1:D20").Copy
Worksheets("Sheet2").Range("B10").Paste
'or
' Copy from Current Sheet to sheet named 'Sheet2'
Range("A1:D20").Copy destination:=Worksheets("Sheet2").Range("B10")
Paste Special
Selected properties of the source range can be copied to the destination by using PASTESPECIAL option:
' Paste the range as Values only
Range("A1:D20").Copy
Worksheets("Sheet2").Range("B10").PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteValues
Here are the possible options for the Paste option:
' Paste Special Types
xlPasteAll
xlPasteAllExceptBorders
xlPasteAllMergingConditionalFormats
xlPasteAllUsingSourceTheme
xlPasteColumnWidths
xlPasteComments
xlPasteFormats
xlPasteFormulas
xlPasteFormulasAndNumberFormats
xlPasteValidation
xlPasteValues
xlPasteValuesAndNumberFormats
AutoFit Contents
Size of rows and columns can be changed to fit the contents using AutoFit:
' Change size of rows 1 to 5 to fit contents
Rows("1:5").AutoFit
' Change size of Columns A to B to fit contents
Columns("A:B").AutoFit
More Range Examples
It is recommended that you use Macro Recorder while performing the required action through the GUI. It will help you understand the various options available and how to use them.
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For Each
It is easy to loop through a range using For Each construct as show below:
For Each cell In Range("A1:B100")
' Do something with the cell
Next cell
At each iteration of the loop one cell in the range is assigned to the variable cell and statements in the For loop are executed for that cell. Loop exits when all the cells are processed.
Sort
Sort is a method of Range object. You can sort a range by specifying options for sorting to Range.Sort. The code below will sort the columns A:C based on key in cell C2. Sort Order can be xlAscending or xlDescending. Header:= xlYes should be used if first row is the header row.
Columns("A:C").Sort key1:=Range("C2"), _
order1:=xlAscending, Header:=xlYes
Find
Find is also a method of Range Object. It find the first cell having content matching the search criteria and returns the cell as a Range object. It return Nothing if there is no match.
Use FindNext method (or FindPrevious) to find next(previous) occurrence.
Following code will change the font to “Arial Black” for all cells in the range which start with “John”:
For Each c In Range("A1:A100")
If c Like "John*" Then
c.Font.Name = "Arial Black"
End If
Next c
Following code will replace all occurrences of “To Test” to “Passed” in the range specified:
With Range("a1:a500")
Set c = .Find("To Test", LookIn:=xlValues)
If Not c Is Nothing Then
firstaddress = c.Address
Do
c.Value = "Passed"
Set c = .FindNext(c)
Loop While Not c Is Nothing And c.Address <> firstaddress
End If
End With
It is important to note that you must specify a range to use FindNext. Also you must provide a stopping condition otherwise the loop will execute forever. Normally address of the first cell which is found is stored in a variable and loop is stopped when you reach that cell again. You must also check for the case when nothing is found to stop the loop.
Range Address
Use Range.Address to get the address in A1 Style
MsgBox Range("A1:D10").Address
' or
Debug.Print Range("A1:D10").Address
Use xlReferenceStyle (default is xlA1) to get addres in R1C1 style
MsgBox Range("A1:D10").Address(ReferenceStyle:=xlR1C1)
' or
Debug.Print Range("A1:D10").Address(ReferenceStyle:=xlR1C1)
This is useful when you deal with ranges stored in variables and want to process for certain addresses only.
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Range to Array
It is faster and easier to transfer a range to an array and then process the values. You should declare the array as Variant to avoid calculating the size required to populate the range in the array. Array’s dimensions are set to match number of values in the range.
Dim DirArray As Variant
' Store the values in the range to the Array
DirArray = Range("a1:a5").Value
' Loop to process the values
For Each c In DirArray
Debug.Print c
Next
Array to Range
After processing you can write the Array back to a Range. To write the Array in the example above to a Range you must specify a Range whose size matches the number of elements in the Array.
Use the code below to write the Array to the range D1:D5:
Range("D1:D5").Value = DirArray
Range("D1:H1").Value = Application.Transpose(DirArray)
Please note that you must Transpose the Array if you write it to a row.
Sum Range
SumOfRange = Application.WorksheetFunction.Sum(Range("A1:A10"))
Debug.Print SumOfRange
You can use many functions available in Excel in your VBA code by specifying Application.WorkSheetFunction. before the Function Name as in the example above.
Count Range
' Count Number of Cells with Numbers in the Range
CountOfCells = Application.WorksheetFunction.Count(Range("A1:A10"))
Debug.Print CountOfCells
' Count Number of Non Blank Cells in the Range
CountOfNonBlankCells = Application.WorksheetFunction.CountA(Range("A1:A10"))
Debug.Print CountOfNonBlankCells
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Range.Address property (Excel)
Returns a String value that represents the range reference in the language of the macro.
Syntax
expression.Address (RowAbsolute, ColumnAbsolute, ReferenceStyle, External, RelativeTo)
expression A variable that represents a Range object.
Parameters
Name | Required/Optional | Data type | Description |
---|---|---|---|
RowAbsolute | Optional | Variant | True to return the row part of the reference as an absolute reference. The default value is True. |
ColumnAbsolute | Optional | Variant | True to return the column part of the reference as an absolute reference. The default value is True. |
ReferenceStyle | Optional | XlReferenceStyle | The reference style. The default value is xlA1. |
External | Optional | Variant | True to return an external reference. False to return a local reference. The default value is False. |
RelativeTo | Optional | Variant | If RowAbsolute and ColumnAbsolute are False, and ReferenceStyle is xlR1C1, you must include a starting point for the relative reference. This argument is a Range object that defines the starting point.
NOTE: Testing with Excel VBA 7.1 shows that an explicit starting point is not mandatory. There appears to be a default reference of $A$1. |
Remarks
If the reference contains more than one cell, RowAbsolute and ColumnAbsolute apply to all rows and columns.
Example
The following example displays four different representations of the same cell address on Sheet1. The comments in the example are the addresses that will be displayed in the message boxes.
Set mc = Worksheets("Sheet1").Cells(1, 1) MsgBox mc.Address() ' $A$1 MsgBox mc.Address(RowAbsolute:=False) ' $A1 MsgBox mc.Address(ReferenceStyle:=xlR1C1) ' R1C1 MsgBox mc.Address(ReferenceStyle:=xlR1C1, _ RowAbsolute:=False, _ ColumnAbsolute:=False, _ RelativeTo:=Worksheets(1).Cells(3, 3)) ' R[-2]C[-2]
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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 |
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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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How to use VBA Range.Address method?
Range.Address is used to get the cell address for simple local reference (ex. $A$1) or reference style notation for cell references (ex. A1 or R1C1 format). It can also be used to get the range address which includes the workbook name and worksheet name.
Syntax
expression .Address(RowAbsolute, ColumnAbsolute, ReferenceStyle, External, RelativeTo)
expression A variable that represents a Range object.
Parameters
Name | Required/Optional | Data Type | Description | ||
RowAbsolute | Optional | Variant |
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ColumnAbsolute | Optional | Variant | True to return the column part of the reference as an absolute reference. The default value is True. | ||
ReferenceStyle | Optional | XlReferenceStyle | The reference style. The default value is xlA1. | ||
External | Optional | Variant |
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RelativeTo | Optional | Variant | If RowAbsolute and ColumnAbsolute are False, and ReferenceStyle is xlR1C1, you must include a starting point for the relative reference. This argument is a Range object that defines the starting point. |
Below are the different sample codes:
- To simply display the local reference of the cell address
Sub Range_Address1() Set MyRange = Worksheets("021817").Cells(1, 1) MsgBox MyRange.Address() ' $A$1 End Sub
- To simply display the absolute address of the cell
Sub Range_Address2() Set MyRange = Worksheets("021817").Cells(1, 1) MsgBox MyRange.Address(RowAbsolute:=False) ' $A1 End Sub
- To display the reference style of the cell address. This simply means using the combination of both column letter and row number.
Sub Range_Address3() Set MyRange = Worksheets("021817").Cells(1, 1) MsgBox MyRange.Address(ReferenceStyle:=xlR1C1) ' R1C1 End Sub
- To display the cell address including workbook and worksheet name
Sub Range_Address4() Set MyRange = Worksheets("021817").Cells(1, 1) MsgBox MyRange.Address(External:=True) 'Address includes workbook and worksheet name End Sub
- Using the combined parameters
Sub Range_Address5() Set MyRange = Worksheets("021817").Cells(1, 1) MsgBox MyRange.Address(ReferenceStyle:=xlR1C1, _ RowAbsolute:=False, _ ColumnAbsolute:=False, _ RelativeTo:=Worksheets(1).Cells(3, 3)) ' R[-2]C[-2] End Sub
Свойства ячейки, часто используемые в коде VBA Excel. Демонстрация свойств ячейки, как структурной единицы объекта Range, на простых примерах.
Объект Range в VBA Excel представляет диапазон ячеек. Он (объект Range) может описывать любой диапазон, начиная от одной ячейки и заканчивая сразу всеми ячейками рабочего листа.
Примеры диапазонов:
- Одна ячейка –
Range("A1")
. - Девять ячеек –
Range("A1:С3")
. - Весь рабочий лист в Excel 2016 –
Range("1:1048576")
.
Для справки: выражение Range("1:1048576")
описывает диапазон с 1 по 1048576 строку, где число 1048576 – это номер последней строки на рабочем листе Excel 2016.
В VBA Excel есть свойство Cells объекта Range, которое позволяет обратиться к одной ячейке в указанном диапазоне (возвращает объект Range в виде одной ячейки). Если в коде используется свойство Cells без указания диапазона, значит оно относится ко всему диапазону активного рабочего листа.
Примеры обращения к одной ячейке:
Cells(1000)
, где 1000 – порядковый номер ячейки на рабочем листе, возвращает ячейку «ALL1».Cells(50, 20)
, где 50 – номер строки рабочего листа, а 20 – номер столбца, возвращает ячейку «T50».Range("A1:C3").Cells(6)
, где «A1:C3» – заданный диапазон, а 6 – порядковый номер ячейки в этом диапазоне, возвращает ячейку «C2».
Для справки: порядковый номер ячейки в диапазоне считается построчно слева направо с перемещением к следующей строке сверху вниз.
Подробнее о том, как обратиться к ячейке, смотрите в статье: Ячейки (обращение, запись, чтение, очистка).
В этой статье мы рассмотрим свойства объекта Range, применимые, в том числе, к диапазону, состоящему из одной ячейки.
Еще надо добавить, что свойства и методы объектов отделяются от объектов точкой, как в третьем примере обращения к одной ячейке: Range("A1:C3").Cells(6)
.
Свойства ячейки (объекта Range)
Свойство | Описание |
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Address | Возвращает адрес ячейки (диапазона). |
Borders | Возвращает коллекцию Borders, представляющую границы ячейки (диапазона). Подробнее… |
Cells | Возвращает объект Range, представляющий коллекцию всех ячеек заданного диапазона. Указав номер строки и номер столбца или порядковый номер ячейки в диапазоне, мы получаем конкретную ячейку. Подробнее… |
Characters | Возвращает подстроку в размере указанного количества символов из текста, содержащегося в ячейке. Подробнее… |
Column | Возвращает номер столбца ячейки (первого столбца диапазона). Подробнее… |
ColumnWidth | Возвращает или задает ширину ячейки в пунктах (ширину всех столбцов в указанном диапазоне). |
Comment | Возвращает комментарий, связанный с ячейкой (с левой верхней ячейкой диапазона). |
CurrentRegion | Возвращает прямоугольный диапазон, ограниченный пустыми строками и столбцами. Очень полезное свойство для возвращения рабочей таблицы, а также определения номера последней заполненной строки. |
EntireColumn | Возвращает весь столбец (столбцы), в котором содержится ячейка (диапазон). Диапазон может содержаться и в одном столбце, например, Range("A1:A20") . |
EntireRow | Возвращает всю строку (строки), в которой содержится ячейка (диапазон). Диапазон может содержаться и в одной строке, например, Range("A2:H2") . |
Font | Возвращает объект Font, представляющий шрифт указанного объекта. Подробнее о цвете шрифта… |
HorizontalAlignment | Возвращает или задает значение горизонтального выравнивания содержимого ячейки (диапазона). Подробнее… |
Interior | Возвращает объект Interior, представляющий внутреннюю область ячейки (диапазона). Применяется, главным образом, для возвращения или назначения цвета заливки (фона) ячейки (диапазона). Подробнее… |
Name | Возвращает или задает имя ячейки (диапазона). |
NumberFormat | Возвращает или задает код числового формата для ячейки (диапазона). Примеры кодов числовых форматов можно посмотреть, открыв для любой ячейки на рабочем листе Excel диалоговое окно «Формат ячеек», на вкладке «(все форматы)». Свойство NumberFormat диапазона возвращает значение NULL, за исключением тех случаев, когда все ячейки в диапазоне имеют одинаковый числовой формат. Если нужно присвоить ячейке текстовый формат, записывается так: Range("A1").NumberFormat = "@" . Общий формат: Range("A1").NumberFormat = "General" . |
Offset | Возвращает объект Range, смещенный относительно первоначального диапазона на указанное количество строк и столбцов. Подробнее… |
Resize | Изменяет размер первоначального диапазона до указанного количества строк и столбцов. Строки добавляются или удаляются снизу, столбцы – справа. Подробнее… |
Row | Возвращает номер строки ячейки (первой строки диапазона). Подробнее… |
RowHeight | Возвращает или задает высоту ячейки в пунктах (высоту всех строк в указанном диапазоне). |
Text | Возвращает форматированный текст, содержащийся в ячейке. Свойство Text диапазона возвращает значение NULL, за исключением тех случаев, когда все ячейки в диапазоне имеют одинаковое содержимое и один формат. Предназначено только для чтения. Подробнее… |
Value | Возвращает или задает значение ячейки, в том числе с отображением значений в формате Currency и Date. Тип данных Variant. Value является свойством ячейки по умолчанию, поэтому в коде его можно не указывать. |
Value2 | Возвращает или задает значение ячейки. Тип данных Variant. Значения в формате Currency и Date будут отображены в виде чисел с типом данных Double. |
VerticalAlignment | Возвращает или задает значение вертикального выравнивания содержимого ячейки (диапазона). Подробнее… |
В таблице представлены не все свойства объекта Range. С полным списком вы можете ознакомиться не сайте разработчика.
Простые примеры для начинающих
Вы можете скопировать примеры кода VBA Excel в стандартный модуль и запустить их на выполнение. Как создать стандартный модуль и запустить процедуру на выполнение, смотрите в статье VBA Excel. Начинаем программировать с нуля.
Учтите, что в одном программном модуле у всех процедур должны быть разные имена. Если вы уже копировали в модуль подпрограммы с именами Primer1, Primer2 и т.д., удалите их или создайте еще один стандартный модуль.
Форматирование ячеек
Заливка ячейки фоном, изменение высоты строки, запись в ячейки текста, автоподбор ширины столбца, выравнивание текста в ячейке и выделение его цветом, добавление границ к ячейкам, очистка содержимого и форматирования ячеек.
Если вы запустите эту процедуру, информационное окно MsgBox будет прерывать выполнение программы и сообщать о том, что произойдет дальше, после его закрытия.
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Sub Primer1() MsgBox «Зальем ячейку A1 зеленым цветом и запишем в ячейку B1 текст: «Ячейка A1 зеленая!»» Range(«A1»).Interior.Color = vbGreen Range(«B1»).Value = «Ячейка A1 зеленая!» MsgBox «Сделаем высоту строки, в которой находится ячейка A2, в 2 раза больше высоты ячейки A1, « _ & «а в ячейку B1 вставим текст: «Наша строка стала в 2 раза выше первой строки!»» Range(«A2»).RowHeight = Range(«A1»).RowHeight * 2 Range(«B2»).Value = «Наша строка стала в 2 раза выше первой строки!» MsgBox «Запишем в ячейку A3 высоту 2 строки, а в ячейку B3 вставим текст: «Такова высота второй строки!»» Range(«A3»).Value = Range(«A2»).RowHeight Range(«B3»).Value = «Такова высота второй строки!» MsgBox «Применим к столбцу, в котором содержится ячейка B1, метод AutoFit для автоподбора ширины» Range(«B1»).EntireColumn.AutoFit MsgBox «Выделим текст в ячейке B2 красным цветом и выровним его по центру (по вертикали)» Range(«B2»).Font.Color = vbRed Range(«B2»).VerticalAlignment = xlCenter MsgBox «Добавим к ячейкам диапазона A1:B3 границы» Range(«A1:B3»).Borders.LineStyle = True MsgBox «Сделаем границы ячеек в диапазоне A1:B3 двойными» Range(«A1:B3»).Borders.LineStyle = xlDouble MsgBox «Очистим ячейки диапазона A1:B3 от заливки, выравнивания, границ и содержимого» Range(«A1:B3»).Clear MsgBox «Присвоим высоте второй строки высоту первой, а ширине второго столбца — ширину первого» Range(«A2»).RowHeight = Range(«A1»).RowHeight Range(«B1»).ColumnWidth = Range(«A1»).ColumnWidth MsgBox «Демонстрация форматирования ячеек закончена!» End Sub |
Вычисления в ячейках (свойство Value)
Запись двух чисел в ячейки, вычисление их произведения, вставка в ячейку формулы, очистка ячеек.
Обратите внимание, что разделителем дробной части у чисел в VBA Excel является точка, а не запятая.
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Sub Primer2() MsgBox «Запишем в ячейку A1 число 25.3, а в ячейку B1 — число 34.42» Range(«A1»).Value = 25.3 Range(«B1»).Value = 34.42 MsgBox «Запишем в ячейку C1 произведение чисел, содержащихся в ячейках A1 и B1» Range(«C1»).Value = Range(«A1»).Value * Range(«B1»).Value MsgBox «Запишем в ячейку D1 формулу, которая перемножает числа в ячейках A1 и B1» Range(«D1»).Value = «=A1*B1» MsgBox «Заменим содержимое ячеек A1 и B1 на числа 6.258 и 54.1, а также активируем ячейку D1» Range(«A1»).Value = 6.258 Range(«B1»).Value = 54.1 Range(«D1»).Activate MsgBox «Мы видим, что в ячейке D1 произведение изменилось, а в строке состояния отображается формула; « _ & «следующим шагом очищаем задействованные ячейки» Range(«A1:D1»).Clear MsgBox «Демонстрация вычислений в ячейках завершена!» End Sub |
Так как свойство Value является свойством ячейки по умолчанию, его можно было нигде не указывать. Попробуйте удалить .Value из всех строк, где оно встречается и запустить код заново.
Различие свойств Text, Value и Value2
Построение с помощью кода VBA Excel таблицы с результатами сравнения того, как свойства Text, Value и Value2 возвращают число, дату и текст.
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Sub Primer3() ‘Присваиваем ячейкам всей таблицы общий формат на тот ‘случай, если формат отдельных ячеек ранее менялся Range(«A1:E4»).NumberFormat = «General» ‘добавляем сетку (границы ячеек) Range(«A1:E4»).Borders.LineStyle = True ‘Создаем строку заголовков Range(«A1») = «Значение» Range(«B1») = «Код формата» ‘формат соседней ячейки в столбце A Range(«C1») = «Свойство Text» Range(«D1») = «Свойство Value» Range(«E1») = «Свойство Value2» ‘Назначаем строке заголовков жирный шрифт Range(«A1:E1»).Font.Bold = True ‘Задаем форматы ячейкам A2, A3 и A4 ‘Ячейка A2 — числовой формат с разделителем триад и двумя знаками после запятой ‘Ячейка A3 — формат даты «ДД.ММ.ГГГГ» ‘Ячейка A4 — текстовый формат Range(«A2»).NumberFormat = «# ##0.00» Range(«A3»).NumberFormat = «dd.mm.yyyy» Range(«A4»).NumberFormat = «@» ‘Заполняем ячейки A2, A3 и A4 значениями Range(«A2») = 2362.4568 Range(«A3») = CDate(«01.01.2021») ‘Функция CDate преобразует текстовый аргумент в формат даты Range(«A4») = «Озеро Байкал» ‘Заполняем ячейки B2, B3 и B4 кодами форматов соседних ячеек в столбце A Range(«B2») = Range(«A2»).NumberFormat Range(«B3») = Range(«A3»).NumberFormat Range(«B4») = Range(«A4»).NumberFormat ‘Присваиваем ячейкам C2-C4 значения свойств Text ячеек A2-A4 Range(«C2») = Range(«A2»).Text Range(«C3») = Range(«A3»).Text Range(«C4») = Range(«A4»).Text ‘Присваиваем ячейкам D2-D4 значения свойств Value ячеек A2-A4 Range(«D2») = Range(«A2»).Value Range(«D3») = Range(«A3»).Value Range(«D4») = Range(«A4»).Value ‘Присваиваем ячейкам E2-E4 значения свойств Value2 ячеек A2-A4 Range(«E2») = Range(«A2»).Value2 Range(«E3») = Range(«A3»).Value2 Range(«E4») = Range(«A4»).Value2 ‘Применяем к таблице автоподбор ширины столбцов Range(«A1:E4»).EntireColumn.AutoFit End Sub |
Результат работы кода:
В таблице наглядно видна разница между свойствами Text, Value и Value2 при применении их к ячейкам с отформатированным числом и датой. Свойство Text еще отличается от Value и Value2 тем, что оно предназначено только для чтения.