{"id":5123,"date":"2020-03-26T14:17:12","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T14:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/?p=5123"},"modified":"2024-03-30T00:03:06","modified_gmt":"2024-03-30T00:03:06","slug":"select-range-using-variables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/vba\/select-range-using-variables\/","title":{"rendered":"Selecting a Range Using Variables"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>You can select a range in Excel using the range function:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>Sub selectRange()\n    Range(\"B2:E10\").Select\nEnd Sub<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>This code selects cells between columns <strong>B2<\/strong> and <strong>E10<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"410\" height=\"260\" src=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/range-selection.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/range-selection.png 410w, https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/range-selection-300x190.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Selecting rows using variables<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are certain that particular columns are going to be\nused in a worksheet, but you want to control rows, you can type column letters\nand use variables for row numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This code is going to have the same effect as before, but this time, instead of using numbers, we are going to use variables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>Sub selectRangeVariables()\n    Dim start_row As Long, last_row As Long\n    start_row = 2\n    last_row = 10\n    Range(\"B\" &amp; start_row &amp; \":E\" &amp; last_row).Select\nEnd Sub<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>You can easily modify the procedure. Instead of specifying the <a href=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/vba\/find-last-row\/\">last row<\/a> position, you can add the number of rows to the start_row.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>Sub selectRangeVariables()\n    Dim start_row As Long, last_row As Long\n    start_row = 2\n    last_row = start_row + 8\n    Range(\"B\" &amp; start_row &amp; \":E\" &amp; last_row).Select\nEnd Sub<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>start_row<\/strong> and\n<strong>last_row<\/strong> variables are used inside\nthe <strong>Range<\/strong> function, joined with column\nletters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Selecting columns using variables<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There is also a way to specify the column number, instead of\nusing letters. This code is more complicated because columns are not using\nnumbers, therefore a function that converts numbers to column letters is\nnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I wrote about such a conversion in <a href=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/en\/vba\/convert-column-number-to-letter\">one\nof my lessons<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First, create the function.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>Function NumbersToColumns(myCol As Long)\n    If myCol &gt;= 1 And myCol &lt;= 16384 Then\n        iA = Int((myCol - 1) \/ 26)\n        fA = Int(IIf(iA - 1 &gt; 0, (iA - 1) \/ 26, 0))\n        NumbersToColumns = IIf(fA &gt; 0, Chr(fA + 64), \"\") &amp; _\n                        IIf(iA - fA * 26 &gt; 0, _\n                        Chr(iA - fA * 26 + 64), \"\") &amp; _\n                        Chr(myCol - iA * 26 + 64)\n    Else\n        NumbersToColumns = False\n    End If\nEnd Function<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, you can use it inside the procedure. This time we are going to specify 4 variables, instead of 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>Sub selectRangeVariables()\n    Dim start_row As Long, last_row As Long\n    Dim start_column As Long, last_column As Long\n    start_row = 2\n    last_row = 10\n    start_column = 2\n    last_column = 5\n    Range(NumbersToColumns(start_column) &amp; start_row &amp; \":\" &amp; NumbersToColumns(last_column) &amp; last_row).Select\nEnd Sub<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, you can specify ranges using <a href=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/training\/variables\/\">variables<\/a> for rows and columns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can select a range in Excel using the range function: This code selects cells between columns B2 and E10. 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