Vba number of rows in excel

I am developing a dashboard in excel. And I am looking for calculating row count. (How many records are present) ..

Since there are some blank cells I thought to go from bottom to up. I use the following

   Range("A1048576").Select
Selection.End(xlUp).Select

After this execution the active cell is at A113 which means the row count is 113.

My question is how to get this number 113 from the active cell?

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asked Feb 4, 2014 at 13:37

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You can use this:

Dim lastrow as Long
lastrow = Cells(Rows.Count,"A").End(xlUp).Row

lastrow will contain number of last empty row in column A, in your case 113

answered Feb 4, 2014 at 13:38

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Here is what I usually use for that:

lastrow = WorksheetFunction.CountA(Columns("A:A"))

This will return the number of non-empty cells in Column «A» which is what I think you’re after. Hope this helps.

answered Feb 4, 2014 at 13:49

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The best way to get the count of rows/records (in most cases) is to use .UsedRange.Rows.Count. You can assign the return value to a variable like this:

lastRow = Sheets(1).UsedRange.Rows.Count

If you use a function that includes a column (such as column A) as shown in other examples, that will only get you the count of rows in that column, which may or may not be what you’re going for. One caveat: if you have formatted rows below your last row with a value then it will return that row number.

answered Mar 3, 2021 at 0:28

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If there is a slight chance that the last row of the worksheet is not empty, you should add an IsEmpty() check to @simoco ‘s solution. Therefore; following is a function that returns the last used row and check if the last row of the worksheet is empty:

Function lastRow(WS As Worksheet, iColumn As String) As Long

    If Not IsEmpty(WS.Range(iColumn & WS.Rows.Count)) Then
        lastRow = WS.Rows.Count
    Else
        lastRow = WS.Range(iColumn & WS.Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
    End If

End Function

answered Feb 4, 2014 at 14:22

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Excel VBA Row Count

In VBA programming, referring to rows is most important as well, and counting them is one thing you must be aware of when it comes to VBA coding. We can get a lot of value if we understand the importance of counting rows with data in the worksheet. This article will show you how to count rows using VBA coding.

VBA Row Count

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Table of contents
  • Excel VBA Row Count
    • How to Count Rows in VBA?
      • Example #1
      • Example #2
      • Example #3 – Find Last Used Row
    • Things to Remember
    • Recommended Articles

How to Count Rows in VBA?

You can download this VBA Row Count Excel Template here – VBA Row Count Excel Template

Example #1

To count rowsThere are numerous ways to count rows in Excel using the appropriate formula, whether they are data rows, empty rows, or rows containing numerical/text values. Depending on the circumstance, you can use the COUNTA, COUNT, COUNTBLANK, or COUNTIF functions.read more, we need to use the RANGE object. In this object, we need to use the ROWS object. In this, we need to use the COUNT property.

Look at the below data in Excel.

VBA Row Count Example 1

From the above data, we need to identify how many rows are there from the range A1 to A8. So first, define the variable as an Integer to store the number of rows.

Code:

Sub Count_Rows_Example1()

Dim No_Of_Rows As Integer

End Sub

VBA Row Count Example 1-1

We will assign row numbers for this variable, so enter the variable name and the equal sign.

Code:

Sub Count_Rows_Example1()

Dim No_Of_Rows As Integer

No_Of_Rows =

End Sub

VBA Row Count Example 1-2

We need to provide a range of cells, so open the RANGE objectRange is a property in VBA that helps specify a particular cell, a range of cells, a row, a column, or a three-dimensional range. In the context of the Excel worksheet, the VBA range object includes a single cell or multiple cells spread across various rows and columns.read more and supply the range as “A1:A8”. 

Code:

Sub Count_Rows_Example1()

Dim No_Of_Rows As Integer

No_Of_Rows = Range("A1:A8")

End Sub

VBA Row Count Example 1-3

Once we supply the range, we need to count the number of rows, so choose the ROWS property of the RANGE object.

VBA Row Count Example 1-4

We are counting several rows in the RANGE object’s ROWS property, so choose the “COUNT” property now.

VBA Row Count Example 1-7

Now in the message box, show the value of the variable.

Code:

Sub Count_Rows_Example1()

Dim No_Of_Rows As Integer

No_Of_Rows = Range("A1:A8").Rows.Count

MsgBox No_Of_Rows

End Sub

VBA Row Count Example 1-5

Now, run the code and see the count of rows of the supplied range of cells.

VBA Row Count Example 1-6

There are 8 rows supplied for the range, so the row count is 8 in the message box.

Example #2

We have other ways of counting rows as well. For the above method, we need to supply a range of cells, showing the number of rows selected.

But imagine the scenario where we need to find the last use of any column. For example, take the same data as seen above.

VBA Row Count Example 1

To move to the last used cell from cell A1, we press the shortcut excel keyAn Excel shortcut is a technique of performing a manual task in a quicker way.read more “Ctrl + Down Arrow,” so it will take you to the last cell before the empty cell.

First, supply the cell as A1 using the RANGE object.

Code:

Sub Count_Rows_Example2()

Dim No_Of_Rows As Integer

No_Of_Rows = Range("A1")

MsgBox No_Of_Rows

End Sub

VBA Row Count Example 2

From this cell, we need to move down. We use Ctrl + Down Arrow in the worksheet, but in VBA, we use the END propertyEnd is a VBA statement that can be used in a variety of ways in VBA applications. Anywhere in the code, a simple End statement can be used to instantly end the execution of the code. In procedures, the end statement is used to end a subprocedure or any loop function, such as ‘End if’.read more. Choose this property and open the bracket to see options.

Example 2-1

Look there with the END key. We can see all the arrow keys like “xlDown, xlToLeft, xlToRight, and xlUp” since we need to move down and use the “xlDown” option.

Code:

Sub Count_Rows_Example2()

Dim No_Of_Rows As Integer

No_Of_Rows = Range("A1").End(xlDown)

MsgBox No_Of_Rows

End Sub

Example 2-2

It will take you to the last cell before any break. We need the row number in the active cellThe active cell is the currently selected cell in a worksheet. Active cell in VBA can be used as a reference to move to another cell or change the properties of the same active cell or the cell’s reference provided from the active cell.read more so use the ROW property.

Code:

Sub Count_Rows_Example2()

Dim No_Of_Rows As Integer

No_Of_Rows = Range("A1").End(xlDown).Row

MsgBox No_Of_Rows

End Sub

Example 2-3

Now, this will show the last row numberThe End(XLDown) method is the most commonly used method in VBA to find the last row, but there are other methods, such as finding the last value in VBA using the find function (XLDown).read more, which will be the count of the number of rows.

VBA Row Count Example 2-4

So in rows, we have data.

Example #3 – Find Last Used Row

Finding the last used row is important to decide how many times the loop has to run. Also, in the above method, the last row stops to select if there is any breakpoint cell. So in this method, we can find the last used row without any problems.

Open CELL propertyCells are cells of the worksheet, and in VBA, when we refer to cells as a range property, we refer to the same cells. In VBA concepts, cells are also the same, no different from normal excel cells.read more.

Code:

Sub Count_Rows_Example3()

Dim No_Of_Rows As Integer

No_Of_Rows = Cells(

MsgBox No_Of_Rows

End Sub

VBA Row Count Example 3

Now, we need to mention the row number to start with. The problem here is we are not sure how many rows of data we have so that we can go straight to the last row of the worksheet, for this mention, ROWS.COUNT property.

Code:

Sub Count_Rows_Example3()

Dim No_Of_Rows As Integer

No_Of_Rows = Cells(Rows.Count,

MsgBox No_Of_Rows

End Sub

Example 3-1

Next, we need to mention in which column we are finding the last used row, so in this case, we are finding it in the first column, so mention 1.

Code:

Sub Count_Rows_Example3()

Dim No_Of_Rows As Integer

No_Of_Rows = Cells(Rows.Count, 1)

MsgBox No_Of_Rows

End Sub

Example 3-2

At this moment, it will take you to the last cell of the first column. We need to move upwards to the last used cell from there onwards, so use the End(xlUp) property.

Code:

Sub Count_Rows_Example3()

Dim No_Of_Rows As Integer

No_Of_Rows = Cells(Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp)

MsgBox No_Of_Rows

End Sub

Example 3-3

So, this will take you to the last used cell of column 1, and in this cell, we need the row number, so use the ROW property to get the row number.

Code:

Sub Count_Rows_Example3()

Dim No_Of_Rows As Integer

No_Of_Rows = Cells(Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Row

MsgBox No_Of_Rows

End Sub

VBA Row Count Example 3-4

Things to Remember

  • The COUNT will give several rows in the worksheet.
  • If you have a range, then it will give several rows selected in the range.
  • The ROW property will return the active cell row number.

Recommended Articles

This article has been a guide to VBA Row Count. Here, we discuss how to count used rows in Excel using VBA coding, practical examples, and a downloadable Excel template. You may learn more about Excel from the following articles: –

  • VBA Insert Row
  • VBA Delete Row
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Home / VBA / Count Rows using VBA in Excel

To count rows using VBA, you need to define the range from which you want to count the rows and then use the count and rows property to get the count of the row from that range. You can also use a loop to count rows where you have data only.

Use VBA to Count Rows

  1. First, you need to define the range for which you want to count the rows.
  2. After that, use a dot (.) to open the list of properties and methods.
  3. Next, type or select the “Rows” property.
  4. In the end, use the “Count” property.
vba-to-count-rows

Now when you run this code, it will return the count of the rows, and to get the count you can use a message box or directly enter that value into a cell as well.

Sub vba_count_rows()
Range("A1:A10").Rows.Count
End Sub

Count Rows for the Used Range

Sub vba_count_rows2()
   MsgBox Worksheets("Sheet1").UsedRange.Rows.Count
End Sub

Count Rows with Data using VBA

You can also count rows where you have data by ignoring the blank rows.

count-rows-with-data-using-vba

The following code will take the used range as the range to loop up at and loop through each row one by one and check if there’s a non-empty cell there, and if it is there it will consider it as a row with data, and in the end, show a message box with the total count of rows.

Sub vba_count_rows_with_data()

Dim counter As Long
Dim iRange As Range

With ActiveSheet.UsedRange

    'loop through each row from the used range
    For Each iRange In .Rows

        'check if the row contains a cell with a value
        If Application.CountA(iRange) > 0 Then

            'counts the number of rows non-empty Cells
            counter = counter + 1

        End If

    Next

End With

MsgBox "Number of used rows is " & counter
End Sub

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    This tutorial shows how to count the total number of rows from a selected range through the use of an Excel formula or VBA

    Example: Count number of rows in a range

    Count number of rows in a range

    METHOD 1. Count number of rows in a range

    EXCEL

    This formula uses the Excel ROWS function to return the number of rows in the selected range. In this example we have selected range (E5:E15) inside the ROWS function, which returns a total of 11 rows.

    METHOD 1. Count number of rows in a range using VBA

    VBA

    Sub Count_number_of_rows_in_range()

    ‘declare a variable
    Dim ws As Worksheet

    Set ws = Worksheets(«Analysis»)

    ‘count the total number of rows in a specific range
    ws.Range(«B5») = ws.Range(«E5:E15»).Rows.Count

    End Sub

    ADJUSTABLE PARAMETERS
    Output Range: Select the output range by changing the cell reference («B5») in the VBA code.
    Range: Select the range from which you want to count the number of rows by changing the range reference («E5:E15») in the VBA code.
    Worksheet Selection: Select the worksheet in which you want to count the number of rows from a selected range by changing the Analysis worksheet name in the VBA code. You can also change the name of this object variable, by changing the name ‘ws’ in the VBA code.

    Explanation about the formula used to count number of rows in a range

    EXPLANATION

    EXPLANATION

    This tutorial shows how to count the total number of rows from a selected range through the use of an Excel formula or VBA.

    Both the Excel formula and VBA approach make use of the ROWS function to count the number of rows in a selected range.

    Using the VBA method you will also need to combine the Rows function with the Count function to return the total number of rows in a selected range.

    FORMULA
    =ROWS(array)

    ARGUMENTS
    array: An array or reference to a range of cells.

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    Related Functions Description Related Functions and Description
    ROWS Function The Excel ROWS function returns the number of rows in a specified array

    When we use VBA to automate Excel operations on data or tables, one of the most common things we want to do is to find the number of rows of data or the number of records, in a worksheet.

    In this article, we’ll go through a few key approaches to count the number of rows of data in Excel ranges.

    Count Rows of Data in a Range

    The Range contains continuous data

    In this example, we have a list of monthly expense data as shown in the picture below. The list in continuous with no “broken rows” in between (i.e. no rows within the range are blank). It is easy to find the number of rows in a list like this.

    Expenses on an income statement

    The macro “countDataRows1” below uses range.Rows.Count to find the number of rows of data in the current selection. To use the macro, we first select the list of data, and run the macro. The macro also returns the answer in a message box.

    Sub countDataRows1()
    Dim tmp As Long
    tmp = Selection.Rows.Count
    MsgBox tmp & " rows of data in the selection"
    End Sub
    

    12 rows of data in the selection

    However, you may find it inconvenient to have to manually select the entire list before running the macro. We can enhance the macro to have it automatically find the “CurrentRegion” of the table range. (See line 3 of macro “countDataRows2” below) You’ll only have to select any cell within the list before running the macro.

    Sub countDataRows2()
    Dim tmp As Long
    tmp = Selection.CurrentRegion.Rows.Count
    MsgBox tmp & " rows of data in the selection"
    End Sub
    

    Some rows in the range are empty

    Unlike databases tables (such as Access), Excel tables are not always continuous. We often work in Excel worksheets with “free-style” layouts and our tables were designed with breaks (empty rows) to make them easier to read. However, this causes an additional challenge when we try to find the actual number of populated rows in a worksheet with VBA.

    Let’s say we have an income statement as shown below. There are some empty rows (e.g. rows 6, 25, and 28) which separate the key sections of the financial statement. We want to use VBA to find:

    1. The total number of rows of the income statement (i.e. the height of the statement)
    2. The number of rows that are used/filled with data

    Income statement with gaps between rows

    Some bad news here is that the method of “CurrentRegion” we used in the previous example (macro “countDataRows2”) won’t work anymore in this case. To illustrate the issue, if we select cell A2 manually, and then press the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+8 to select the CurrentRegion, only the first block of data from rows 1 to 5 will be selected (because row 6 is empty). Therefore we need an alternative VBA approach to find the entire range of our income statement.

    Income statement with five rows highlighted

    We can use the “UsedRange” property of the ActiveSheet object to find the range of the income statement without being affected by the empty rows, then count the number of rows. The macro “countDataRows3” below does the job in one step in line 3.

    Sub countDataRows3()
    Dim tmp As Long
    tmp = ActiveSheet.UsedRange.Rows.Count
    MsgBox "Total number of rows of the income statement is " & tmp
    End Sub
    

    Total number of rows of the income statement is 30

    The next step is to find the number of used rows with data in this income statement. I’m going to demonstrate two approaches below.

    Approach 1 – only check one column to determine used rows

    Assuming that the cells in Column are always populated for used rows, we can use the COUNTA() worksheet function to count the number of used cells in column A of the UsedRange of the worksheet.

    Sub countDataRows4()
    Dim tmp As Long
    Dim tmp2 As Long
    With ActiveSheet.UsedRange
        'number of rows of range
        tmp = .Rows.Count
        'number of used rows with data
        tmp2 = Application.CountA(.Columns(1))
    End With
    MsgBox "Total number of rows of the income statement is " & tmp & Chr(10) & "Number of used rows is " & tmp2
    End Sub
    

    In the above macro “countDataRows4”, in line 8, the Excel built-in worksheet function CountA has been called in VBA. It is very important to note how it has been called.  You can always call an Excel built-in worksheet function using the syntax: “Application.<function_name>” (and then the input parameters).

    After running the macro, a message box returns both answers for total number of rows and the number of used rows. (The message box shown below is from the Mac version of Excel)

    Total number of rows of the income statement is 30
Number of used rows is 26

    Approach 2 – check all columns to determine used rows

    However, in the event we have to check through all columns to ensure the entire row is empty, we can use a For-Next loop together with the COUNTA worksheet function

    The idea is to (1) find the UsedRange, (2) loop through every row of the UsedRange, and (3) use the COUNTA worksheet function to check whether any one of the cells in each row is non-empty.

    Sub countDataRowswithBreaks()
    Dim counter As Long
    Dim r As Range
    With ActiveSheet.UsedRange
        'loop through every row in the usedrange
        For Each r In .Rows
            'check if a row contain any used cell
            If Application.CountA(r) &amp;amp;gt; 0 Then
                'counts the number of rows with used cells
                counter = counter + 1
            End If
        Next
    End With
    MsgBox "Number of used rows is " &amp;amp;amp; counter
    End Sub
    

    Number of used rows is 26

    If you’re interested in techniques to delete empty rows in Word instead of Excel, have a look at this article.

    Count Rows with Specific Word

    How about if we want to count the number of rows which contain the word “Expense”? We can adapt the previous macro and use the “CountIf” worksheet function (instead of “CountA”).

    In the macro “countDataRowswithWord” below, line 7, the CountIf function is used to count the number of cells in each row which contains the word “Expense”. We use the wildcard “*” here, so that the function counts any cell with part of the content which contains “Expense”, for example, “Other Expense 1”, “Total Expenses”.

    Sub countDataRowswithWord()
    Dim counter As Long
    Dim r As Range
    With ActiveSheet.UsedRange
        'loop through every row in the usedrange
        For Each r In .Rows
            'check if a row has any cell with partial match
            If Application.CountIf(r, "*Expense*") &amp;amp;gt; 0 Then
    		'counts the number of rows which match criteria
                counter = counter + 1
            End If
        Next
    End With
    MsgBox "Number of rows is with content match: " &amp;amp;amp; counter
    End Sub
    

    Conclusion

    We have gone fully through some key techniques to find the number of rows in a range. In addition to Range.Rows.Count, you can use “CurrentRegion” or “UsedRange” to quickly find out the area of a block of data. Also, you can use a For-Next loop to go through every row in a range, together with Excel built-in functions such as “COUNTA()” or “COUNTIF()” to perform more detailed check of specific criteria.

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