{"id":3114,"date":"2018-09-22T17:54:42","date_gmt":"2018-09-22T17:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/?p=3114"},"modified":"2024-03-30T00:19:17","modified_gmt":"2024-03-30T00:19:17","slug":"check-if-cell-is-empty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/vba\/check-if-cell-is-empty\/","title":{"rendered":"VBA Check if Cell is Empty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The simplest way in VBA to check whether the cell is empty is by using the <strong>IsEmpty<\/strong> function.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Take a look at the following example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"232\" height=\"139\" src=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/empty-example.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3117\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In column A you have some data. In cell <strong>A2<\/strong> you have space. The following code takes the active cell and displays a message window to show you which cell is empty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">Sub CheckIfEmpty()\n    If IsEmpty(ActiveCell.Value) Then\n        MsgBox (\"Cell is empty\")\n    Else\n        MsgBox (\"Cell is not empty\")\n    End If\nEnd Sub<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>As you can see space is treated as not empty and formatting is treated as empty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Treat the space as an empty cell<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s quite likely that we want to treat space as an empty cell. This time we will write our code a little differently. We won\u2019t use the <strong>IsEmpty<\/strong> function.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">Sub CheckIfEmpty()\n    Dim check_if_empty As String\n    check_if_empty = Trim(ActiveCell.Value)\n    If check_if_empty = \"\" Then\n        MsgBox (\"Cell is empty\")\n    Else\n        MsgBox (\"Cell is not empty\")\n    End If\nEnd Sub<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Code explanation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong> Trim(ActiveCell.Value) will remove multiple spaces from the beginning and end of the string. If there are only multiple spaces in a cell it will return \u201c\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">Sub CheckIfEmpty()\n    Dim check_if_empty As String\n    check_if_empty = Trim(ActiveCell.Value)\n    If check_if_empty = \"\" Then\n        MsgBox (\"Cell is empty\")\n    Else\n        MsgBox (\"Cell is not empty\")\n    End If\nEnd Sub<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Now if you run the code you will get.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"232\" height=\"159\" src=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/second-example-empty-cell.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3116\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Cell <strong>A2<\/strong> is empty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cell <strong>A3<\/strong> has a single space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cell <strong>A4<\/strong> has multiple spaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cell <strong>A5<\/strong> has applied formatting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The simplest way in VBA to check whether the cell is empty is by using the IsEmpty function. 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