VBA for Excel Cheat Sheet

by guslong via cheatography.com/1345/cs/510/

VBA data types deleting, moving, copying (VBA) (cont) String functions

Type Description Delete a worksheet InStr ([start], "string", Returns position of

Worksheets("Sheet2").Delete "what_to_find") string within a string

Variant any data type
StrConv("string", converts string to
Integer (2 bytes) integer Execute a formula calculation in a range
vbProper|Upper|Lower proper|upper|lower
Long (4 bytes) integer Range("A1:A3").Formula = 2*2/6 Case) case
Single (4 bytes) floating point
Use RANGE to select single cells. Left ("string", x) Return specified
Double (8 bytes) floating point
Len ("string") Return length of
String non-numeric data Iterate through a selection string

Object any object reference Dim cell As Range Trim ("string") Trims string of
For Each cell In Selection leading and trailing
Date a date
... spaces
Boolean True / False
Next cell Split("string", ",") Split string by
Byte 1-255
delimiter e.g. comma
Control structures VBA Val("string") Return numerical
Cell selection
Do ... Until Loop part only
select a single cell Do [Until condition] StrComp("strA", Compare two strings
Range("A1").Select ... "strB", (0=true)
Loop vbTextCompare)
select a contiguous range
Do ... While Loop
Range("A1:G5").Select Do [While condition] VBA information functions
select a non-contiguous range ...
IsArray
Loop
Range("A1:G5,J10:J15").Select
For...Next Loop IsEmpty
offset syntax (move from A1 to A2) For counter = start To end [Step s] IsError
Range("A1").Offset(1,0).Select ...
IsMissing
Next [counter]
select down to first empty cell IsNumeric
Range(Selection, "WITH" syntax IsNull
Selection.End(xlDown)).Select
IsObject
With Worksheets("Sheet1")
set a cell's value .Rows
Range("A1").Value = i .Columns
...
End With
deleting, moving, copying (VBA)
The "with" construction provides a shorthand
Delete entire row
way of accessing many properties and
Rows("2").Delete
methods of the same object.
Delete entire column

Columns("B").Delete

Copy / paste a range with destination

Range("A1:B6").Copy
Destination:=Range("A1")

Clear a range

Range(D:D").Clear

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