{"id":11566,"date":"2022-09-02T10:09:17","date_gmt":"2022-09-02T10:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/?p=11566"},"modified":"2024-03-28T13:40:07","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T13:40:07","slug":"return-row-number-of-active-cell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/examples\/return-row-number-of-active-cell\/","title":{"rendered":"Return Row Number of Active Cell in Excel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-28e8ffe0-d9ee-42e2-a519-06c00af0daa7\" href=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Return-Row-Number-of-Active-Cell-in-Excel.xlsx\">Return-Row-Number-of-Active-Cell-in-Excel<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Return-Row-Number-of-Active-Cell-in-Excel.xlsx\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-28e8ffe0-d9ee-42e2-a519-06c00af0daa7\">Download File<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As you are probably aware by now, options with <strong>Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)<\/strong> are virtually limitless. One of the things that <strong>VBA<\/strong> can certainly help with is locating your cells and a certain text in a file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the example below, we will show how to return the row number of any cell, and how to return the row number of an active cell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to Return Row Number<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a rather simple formula in Excel that can retrieve a row number of any desired cell. We will have a list of <a href=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/vba\/generate-random-numbers-in-vba\/\">random numbers<\/a>, like in the picture below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"242\" src=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/word-image-11566-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11567\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If we want to find the row number for <strong>number 42<\/strong> (it is <strong>row number 9<\/strong>, but regardless), all we need to input in <strong>cell B2<\/strong> is the following formula:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>=ROW(A9)<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the result we will end up with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"340\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/graphical-user-interface-application-table-exce.png\" alt=\"Graphical user interface, application, table, Excel\n\nDescription automatically generated\" class=\"wp-image-11568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/graphical-user-interface-application-table-exce.png 340w, https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/graphical-user-interface-application-table-exce-300x248.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This formula can be useful for many things, by itself or in combination with other formulas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to Return Row Number of Active Cell<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To retrieve a row number of a specific cell, an active cell, in particular, we will need to use VBA. To open it, we will click the combination of <strong>ALT + F11<\/strong> on our keyboard. On the window that appears, we will right-click on the left side, and choose <strong>Insert &gt;&gt; Module<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"457\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/graphical-user-interface-application-description.png\" alt=\"Graphical user interface, application\n\nDescription automatically generated\" class=\"wp-image-11569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/graphical-user-interface-application-description.png 457w, https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/graphical-user-interface-application-description-300x297.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 457px) 100vw, 457px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Once the new window opens, we will insert a simple code on the right side:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>Sub ActiveRow()\n  MsgBox \"We are currently in a row number \" &amp; ActiveCell.Row\nEnd Sub<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>This code gives us the message box that shows the row of the cell we are in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s suppose we are in <strong>cell D6<\/strong>. When we execute the code by <strong>pressing F5<\/strong> in our module, this is the message we receive:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"359\" height=\"289\" src=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/graphical-user-interface-description-automaticall.png\" alt=\"Graphical user interface\n\nDescription automatically generated\" class=\"wp-image-11570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/graphical-user-interface-description-automaticall.png 359w, https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/graphical-user-interface-description-automaticall-300x242.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 359px) 100vw, 359px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Which is exactly the information we want to retrieve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you are probably aware by now, options with Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) are virtually limitless. 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