INTRODUCTION TO VISUAL BASIC

EDITOR
VISUAL BASIC
 is a third generation event – driven programming language and integrated
development environment (IDE) from Microsoft for its Component Object
Model(COM) programming model first released in 1991 and declared legacy
during 2008.
 Microsoft intended Visual Basic to be relatively easy to learn and use.
Introduction to Visual Basic Editor
Sub
 a set of commands to perform a
specific task is placed into a
procedure, which can be a Function
procedure or a Sub procedure (also
known as functions and
subroutines)
Range/Cells
Range (“A1”) tells VBA the
address of the cell that we want
to refer to.
Select is a method of the
range object and select
cells/range specified in the
range object. The cell
references need to be
enclosed in double quotes.
Range/Cells

• Instead of Range, you can also use cells.

• Using cells is particularly useful when you
want to loop through ranges.
Selecting Worksheet
• To select the cell in another sheet (let’s say
Sheet2), you need to first activate Sheet2
and then select the cell in it.
Selecting a Fix Sized Range
• Code that will select the range A1:D20
• The above code takes the top – left
cell address (A1) and the bottom –
right cell address (D20) and selects
the entire range
Copying Single Cell
• To copy cell A1 and paste it into cell D1.
Excel VBA and Variables
Variable
Use to store in memory
2 Types of Variables
1. Integer
2. String
Dim
keyword goes at the start
tells the programme to set up a
variable of this name and type
Excel VBA and Variables

MyNumber
variable name
As Integer
type of variable
as a whole number
MyNumber = 10
assigning values of 10
Variable Practice:
Making Decisions: