XL: Visual Basic Nested Case Statement Example

ID: Q113659

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0c
Microsoft Excel for Windows NT, version 5.0
Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0
Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SUMMARY

In Microsoft Excel, you can use nested case statements in Visual Basic to execute one of several expressions based on a particular value or expression evaluation similar to an IF statement.

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The following sample macro returns a text expression in the next column, depending upon whether a particular date falls within a specific beginning and ending date range. The active cell on the worksheet should be the upper-left cell containing the dates.

Macro Example

Sub TestDate()

'The following nested case statement determines if a date within
'a column of dates falls within a certain range. If the beginning date
'or the ending date is within or out of the range, it displays a message
'in the next column.

  begin_date = DateValue(InputBox(prompt:="Enter the beginning date"))
  end_date = DateValue(InputBox(prompt:="Enter the ending date"))

  Do While ActiveCell <> ""

    'Checks the date of the current cell.
    Select Case ActiveCell
        Case Is >= begin_date

        'Nested Case to check for ending date of current cell.
        Select Case ActiveCell

            Case Is <= end_date
            ActiveCell.Offset(0, 2) = "Meets criteria"

            'Does this if the ending date is out of range.
            Case Is >= end_date
            ActiveCell.Offset(0, 2) = "Ending date out of range"

            End Select

    'Does this if the beginning date is out of range.
    Case Else
        ActiveCell.Offset(0, 1) = "Beginning date is out of range"
    End Select

    'Selects the next cell on the active worksheet.
    ActiveCell.Offset(1, 0).Select

    Loop

End Sub

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Version           : WINDOWS:5.0,7.0,97
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: May 17, 1999