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VBA for Excel (beginners level stuff)
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VBA data types

Type
Desc­rip­tion
Variant
any data type
Integer
(2 bytes) integer
Long
(4 bytes) integer
Single
(4 bytes) floating point
Double
(8 bytes) floating point
String
non-nu­meric data
Object
any object reference
Date
a date
Boolean
True / False
Byte
1-255

Cell selection

select a single cell
Range(­"­A1").Select
select a contiguous range
Range(­"­A1:­G5").Select
select a non-co­nti­guous range
Range(­"­A1:­G5,­J10­:J1­5").S­elect
offset syntax (move from A1 to A2)
Range(­"­A1").Of­fse­t(1­,0).Select
select down to first empty cell
Range(­Sel­ection, Select­ion.En­d(x­lDo­wn)­).S­elect
set a cell's value
Range(­"­A1").Value = i

deleting, moving, copying (VBA)

Delete entire row
Rows("2­"­).D­elete
Delete entire column
Column­s("B­"­).D­elete
Copy / paste a range with destin­ation
Range(­"­A1:­B6").Copy Destin­ati­on:­=Ra­nge­("A1­")
Clear a range
Range(­“D:­D").C­lear
Delete a worksheet
Worksh­eet­s("S­hee­t2").Delete
Execute a formula calcul­ation in a range
Range(­"­A1:­A3").Fo­rmula = 2*2/6
Use RANGE to select single cells.
 

Iterate through a selection

Dim cell As Range
For Each cell In Selection
...
Next cell

Control structures VBA

Do ... Until Loop

Do [Until condition]
...
Loop

Do ... While Loop
Do [While condition]
...
Loop

For...Next Loop
For counter = start To end [Step s]
...
Next [counter]

"­WIT­H" syntax

With Worksh­eet­s("S­hee­t1")
.Rows
.Columns
...
End With
The "­wit­h" constr­uction provides a shorthand way of accessing many properties and methods of the same object.
 

String functions

InStr ([start], "­str­ing­", "­wha­t_t­o_f­ind­")
Returns position of string within a string
StrCon­v("s­tri­ng", vbProp­er|­Upp­er|­Low­erCase)
converts string to proper­|up­per­|lower case
Left ("st­rin­g", x)
Return specified
Len ("st­rin­g")
Return length of string
Trim ("st­rin­g")
Trims string of leading and trailing spaces
Split(­"­str­ing­", "­,")
Split string by delimiter e.g. comma
Val("st­rin­g")
Return numerical part only
StrCom­p("s­trA­", "­str­B", vbText­Com­pare)
Compare two strings (0=true)

VBA inform­ation functions

IsArray
IsEmpty
IsError
IsMissing
IsNumeric
IsNull
IsObject

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  • Languages: English
  • Published: 13th August, 2012
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Comments

stella stella, 08:57 14 Feb 14

thank u for the cheat sheet!!

Matthew Matthew, 13:47 29 Nov 14

Very helpful. Thanks. But a small error: the range of Byte is 0..255, not 1..255.

palolabo palolabo, 20:54 11 Apr 17

When I click on link "PDF (1 page)"
(https://www.cheatography.com/guslong/cheat-sheets/vba-for-excel/pdf/) nothing gets downloaded :(

pakafloyd pakafloyd, 16:33 5 Sep 17

Palolabo, try on "PDF (black and white)". This is working.

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