The Search Feature in Microsoft Excel Before digging into how to look for exact matches in VBA, I’ll give you some context with the easiest way to accomplish this goal — the search function in Excel. Microsoft Excel provides us with an excellent feature that
Loops in VBA Loops are an essential part of any programming language because they help with the repeated running of any code snippet. Just like any other language, VBA offers the following loops to enable efficient programming: Do until Do while For Foreach In this
Used Area of an Excel Sheet There are many situations when we need to perform an action on all rows and columns with data in an Excel sheet. In order to do that, you need to know which row/column of data is the last. In
Defining a Range In Microsoft Excel, a “range" of cells is a continuous group of cells across rows and columns. Here’s some valid examples of ranges with references to the cells: Any single cell like H54, C3. A part of any row Eg: D4:G4, H10:N10.
Integer Datatype In Microsoft VBA, variant is a common datatype. It can be used to store strings or integers or even dates. Integer is a specific datatype which can be used to store numbers of a specific length. The bigger version of an integer is
All programming languages support the “if" type of conditional statement. An if block is executed during runtime only if the condition is met. i.e., the result of a condition is equal to the Boolean value “true." Syntax If ( <conditional expression> ) ‘block of statements
Errors Happen We may come across several functions in programming languages. In VBA, we are prone to encounter errors like: Syntax errors Compile time errors Runtime errors These are errors in code which can be handled using error handling methods. For example, you can see
What is a Regular Expression? How is the Like Operator Related? In any programming language, there is a way to compare strings against some patterns. Several characters are used to create these patterns. These patterns are called regular expressions. Like in structured query language, VBA
Introduction to Cells In Microsoft Excel, a cell is nothing but an intersection of a column and a row. This cell is referenced by its row number and column letter. A cell can hold a formula/data directly. It can be formatted with font styles and
Component of Excel Sheets Excel sheets are a part of an Excel workbook or a document. There can be any number of Excel sheets in a workbook. A Excel sheet may or may not have any of the below components/contents: Data in cells Formatted cells
