XL: How to Count Rows Displayed After Data Has Been Filtered

ID: Q148621

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition
Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0c
Microsoft Excel for Windows NT, version 5.0
Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, versions 5.0, 5.0a

SUMMARY

This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications procedure that counts the number of rows that remain after you run AutoFilter or Advanced Filter on a list.

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This macro returns the number of rows in a list that remain visible after you run AutoFilter or Advanced Filter.

   Sub Count_Filtered_Rows()
       Dim UpperLeftCorner As Range

       ' UpperLeftCorner should be set to the upper-left
       ' corner of the list range:
       Set UpperLeftCorner = Sheets("Sheet1").Range("A1")

       rowcount = -1
       For Each area In _
           UpperLeftCorner.CurrentRegion.SpecialCells(xlVisible).Areas
           rowcount = rowcount + area.Rows.Count
       Next
       MsgBox rowcount
   End Sub

Additional query words: 5.00 5.00a 5.00c 7.00 8.00 XL98 XL97 XL7 XL5

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Version           : WINDOWS:5.0,7.0,97; MACINTOSH:5.0,98
Platform          : MACINTOSH WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: May 17, 1999