KB148356 - Macro to Loop Through Range and Act Based on Cell Value

Article ID: 148356

Article Last Modified on 10/11/2006

Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q148356

SUMMARY

This article contains two sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macros (Sub procedures) that loop through a range of cells and determine if each cell in the range meets certain criteria.

MORE INFORMATION

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Sample Visual Basic Procedures

The first example uses a For...Each loop to cycle through all of the selected cells and shades every cell that equals 5 with the color yellow.

   Sub Check_Values_1()
      Dim CurCell As Object
      For Each CurCell In Selection
         If CurCell.Value = 5 Then CurCell.Interior.ColorIndex = 6
      Next
   End Sub

The following example loops through a specified range instead of the selected range and sets any cells that equal 10 to 20.

   Sub Check_Values_2()
      Dim CurCell As Object
      For Each CurCell In Range("A1:A10")
         If CurCell.Value = 10 Then CurCell.Value = 21
      Next
   End Sub

For additional information on looping, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

141762 XL: How to Use Looping Structures in Visual Basic for Applications

REFERENCES

"Microsoft Excel Visual Basic Programmer's Guide," pages 51-59

"Visual Basic User's Guide," version 5.0, pages 139-151

For additional information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

163435 VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

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