XL: Macro to Loop Through Range and Act Based on Cell Value

ID: Q148356

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 5.0
• Microsoft Excel for Windows NT, version 5.0
• Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, version 5.0
• Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0
• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

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

   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

   ARTICLE-ID: Q141762
   TITLE     : 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:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q163435
   TITLE     : VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for
               Applications

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Version           : WINDOWS:5.0,7.0,97; MACINTOSH:5.0,98
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Last Reviewed: May 17, 1999