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VBA For Loop – A Complete Guide

by Paul Kelly | | VBA Language | 40 comments

This post provides a complete guide to the standard VBA For Loop and the VBA For Each
Loop.

If you are looking for information about the VBA While and VBA Do Loop then go here.

If you want some quick info about the For loops then check out the Quick Guide table in
the section below.

If you are looking for information on a particular topic then check out the Table of
Contents below.

“History is about loops and continuums” – Mike Bidlo.

Contents [hide]

1 Related Links for the VBA For Loop

2 A Quick Guide to the VBA For Loop
3 The VBA For Loop Webinar
4 Introduction to the VBA For Loop
5 What are VBA For Loops?

5.1 VBA For Loop Example 1

5.2 The Immediate Window
5.3 VBA For Loop Example 2
5.4 VBA For Loop Example 3
5.5 Advantages of the VBA For Loop
 6 The Standard VBA For Loop

6.1 YouTube Video For Loop

6.2 Format of the Standard VBA For Loop
6.3 How a For Loop Works
6.4 Using Step with the VBA For Loop
6.5 Exit the For Loop
6.6 Using the VBA For Loop with a Collection
6.7 Using Nested For Loops

7 The VBA For Each Loop

7.1 Format of the VBA For Each Loop

7.2 Order of Items in the For Loop
7.3 Using the VBA For Each Loop With Arrays
7.4 Using Nested For Each Loops

8 How to Loop Through a Range

9 Summary of the VBA For Loops

9.1 The Standard VBA For Loop

9.2 The VBA For Each Loop

10 What’s Next?

Related Links for the VBA For Loop

The Complete Guide to Ranges in Excel VBA.
The Complete Guide to Copying Data in Excel VBA.
VBA Do While Loop.

A Quick Guide to the VBA For Loop

Loop format Description Example

For ... Next Run 10 times For i = 1 To 10

Next

For ... Next Run 5 times. i=2,4, 6 For i = 2 To 10 Step 2

etc. Next

For ... Next Run in reverse order For i = 10 To 1 Step -1

Debug.Print i
Next
Loop format Description Example

For ... Next Go through For i = 1 To coll.Count

Collection Debug.Print coll(i)
Next

For ... Next Go through array For i = LBound(arr) To

UBound(arr)
Debug.Print arr(i)
Next i

For ... Next Go through 2D array For i = LBound(arr) To

UBound(arr)
For j = LBound(arr,2) To
UBound(arr,2)
Debug.Print arr(i, j)
Next j
Next i

For Each ... Go through Dim item As Variant

Next Collection For Each item In coll
Debug.Print item
Next item

For Each ... Go through array Dim item As Variant

Next For Each item In arr
Debug.Print item
Next item

For Each ... Go through 2D array Dim item As Variant

Next For Each item In arr
Debug.Print item
Next item

For Each ... Go through Dim key As Variant

Next Dictionary For Each key In dict.Keys
Debug.Print key, dict(key)
Next key

Both types Exit Loop For i = 1 To 10

If Cells(i,1) = "found" Then
Exit For
End If
Next i
The VBA For Loop Webinar
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Introduction to the VBA For Loop

Loops are by far the most powerful component of VBA. They are the rocket fuel of your
Macros. They can perform tasks in milliseconds that would take humans hours. They also
dramatically reduce the lines of code your applications need.

For Loops have been part of all major programming languages since they were first used
with Fortan in 1957.

If you have never used loops before then this post is a great place to start. It provides an
in-depth guide to loops, written in plain English without the jargon.

Let’s start with a very important question – what are loops and why do we need them?
What are VBA For Loops?
A loop is simply a way of running the same lines of code a number of times. Obviously
running the same code over and over would give the same result.

So what is important to understand is that the lines of code normally contain a variable
that changes slightly each time the loop runs.

For example, a loop could write to cell A1, then cell A2, A3 and so on. The slight change
each time is the row.

Let’s look at a simple example.

VBA For Loop Example 1

The following code prints the values 1 to 5 in the Immediate Window(Ctrl + G to view).

Debug.Print 1
Debug.Print 2
Debug.Print 3
Debug.Print 4
Debug.Print 5

The Immediate Window

If you have not used the Immediate Window before then this section will get you up to
speed quickly.

The function Debug.Print writes values to the Immediate Window. To view this window
select View->Immediate Window from the menu( the shortcut is Ctrl + G)
VBA For Loop Example 2
Now imagine we want to print out the numbers 1 to 20. We would need to add 15 more
lines to the example above.

However, using a loop we only need to write Debug.Print once.

For i = 1 To 20
Debug.Print i
Next i

The output is:

Output

If we needed print the numbers 1 to 1000 then we only need to change the 20 to 1000.

Normally when we write code we would use a variable instead of a number like 20 or 1000.
This gives you greater flexibility. It allows you to decide the number of times you wish to
run the loop when the code is running. The following example explains this.
VBA For Loop Example 3
A common task in Excel is read all the rows with with data.

The way you approach this task is as follows

1. Find the last row with data

2. Store the value in variable
3. Use the variable to determine how many times the loop runs

Using a variable in the loop makes your code very flexible. Your will work no matter how
many rows there are.

Let’s have a look at an example. Imagine you receive a sheet with a list of fruit types and
their daily sales. You want to count the number of Oranges sold and this list will vary in size
depending on sales.

The following screenshot shows an example of this list

 Sample Data of Fruit Sales

We can use the code to count the oranges

' https://excelmacromastery.com/
Sub CountFruit()

' Get the last row with text

Dim LastRow As Long
LastRow = Sheet1.Cells(Sheet1.Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Row

Dim i As Long, Total As Long

' Use LastRow in loop
For i = 2 To LastRow
' Check if cell has text "Orange"
If Sheet1.Cells(i, 1).Value = "Oranges" Then
' Add value in column B to total
Total = Total + Sheet1.Cells(i, 2).Value
 End If
Next i

' Print total

Debug.Print "Total oranges sold was:"; Total

End Sub

You can try this code for yourself. Change the number of fruit items and you will see that
the code still works fine.

If you were to increase the number fruit items to a large value like 10,000 then you will
hardly notice the difference in the time it takes to run – almost instantly.

Loops are super fast. This is what makes them so powerful. Imagine performing a manual
task on 10,000 cells. It would take a considerable amount of time.

Advantages of the VBA For Loop

4To conclude this section we will list the major advantages of using loops

They reduce the lines code you need

They are flexible
They are fast

In the next sections we will look at the different types of loops and how to use them.

The Standard VBA For Loop

The VBA For loop is the most common loop you will use in Excel VBA. The For Loop is used
when you can determine the number of times it will be run. For example, if you want to
repeat something twenty times.
YouTube Video For Loop
Check out this YouTube Video of the For Loop:

Get the workbook and code for this video here

Format of the Standard VBA For Loop

The Standard VBA For Loop has the following format:

For <variable> = <start value> to <end value>

Next <variable>

The start and end values can be variables. Also the variable after Next is optional but it is
useful and it makes it clear which for loop it belongs to.

How a For Loop Works

Let’s look at a simple for loop that prints the numbers 1 to 3

Dim i As Long
For i = 1 To 3
Debug.Print i
Next i
How this code works is as follows

i is set to 1
The value of i(now 1) is printed

i is set to 2
The value of i(now 2) is printed

i is set to 3
The value of i(now 3) is printed

If we did not use a loop then the equivalent code would be

Dim i As Long
i = i + 1
Debug.Print i
i = i + 1
Debug.Print i
i = i + 1
Debug.Print i

The i = i + 1 line is used to add 1 to i and is a common way in programming to update a

counter.

Using Step with the VBA For Loop

You can see that i is increased by one each time. This is the default. You can specify this
interval using Step keyword.

The next example shows you how to do this:

' Prints the even numbers i.e. 2,4,6,8 ... 20

For i = 2 To 20 Step 2
 Debug.Print i
Next i

You can use a negative number with Step which will count in reverse

' Prints the even numbers in reverse i.e. 20,18,16,14 ... 2

For i = 20 To 2 Step -2
Debug.Print i
Next i

Note: if Step is positive then your starting number must be lower than you ending
number. The following loop will not run because the starting number 20 is greater than 10.
VBA therefore, thinks it has already reached the target value 10.

' Will not run as starting number already greater than 10

For i = 20 To 10 Step 1
Debug.Print i
Next i

If Step is negative then the start number must be greater than the end number.

Exit the For Loop

Sometimes you may want to leave the loop earlier if a certain condition occurs. For
example if you read bad data.

You can use Exit For to automatically leave the loop as shown in the following code

For i = 1 To 1000

' If cell is blank then exit for

If Cells(i, 1) = "" Then
 MsgBox "Blank Cell found - Data error"
Exit For
End If

Next i

Using the VBA For Loop with a Collection

The For loop can also be used to read items in a Collection.

In the following example, we display the name of all the open workbooks

Dim i As Long
For i = 1 To Workbooks.Count
Debug.Print Workbooks(i).FullName
Next i

Using Nested For Loops

Sometimes you may want to use a loop within a loop. An example of this would be where
you want to print the names of the worksheets of each open workbook.

The first loop would go through each workbook. Each time this loop runs it would use a
second loop to go through all the worksheets of that workbook. It is actually much easier
to do than it sounds.

The following code shows how:

' https://excelmacromastery.com/
Sub ListWorksheets()

Dim i As Long, j As Long

' First Loop goes through all workbooks
For i = 1 To Workbooks.Count
 ' Second loop goes through all the worksheets of workbook(i)
For j = 1 To Workbooks(i).Worksheets.Count
Debug.Print Workbooks(i).Name + ":" + Worksheets(j).Name
Next j

Next i

End Sub

This works as follows:

The first loop sets i to 1

The second loop then uses the workbook at 1 to go through the worksheets.

The first loop sets i to 2

The second loop then uses the workbook at 2 to go through the worksheets.

and so on

It the next section we will use a For Each loop to perform the same task. You will find the
For Each version much easier to read.

The VBA For Each Loop

The VBA For Each loop is used to read items from a collection or an array. We can use the
For Each loop to access all the open workbooks. This is because Application.Workbooks is
a collection of open workbooks.
This is a simple example of using the For Each Loop

Dim wk As Workbook
For Each wk In Workbooks
Debug.Print wk.FullName
Next wk

Format of the VBA For Each Loop

You can see the format of the VBA for each loop here(See Microsoft For Each Next
documentation):
For Each <variable> in <collection>
Next <variable>

To create a For Each loop we need a variable of the same type that the collection holds. In
the example here we created a variable of type Workbook.

If the collection has different types of items we can declare the variable as a variant.

VBA contains a collection called Sheets. This is a collection of sheets of type

Worksheet(normal) and Chart(when you move a chart to be a full sheet). To go through this
collection you would declare the variable as a Variant.

The following code uses For Each to print out the name of all the sheets in the current
workbook

Dim sh As Variant
For Each sh In ThisWorkbook.Sheets
Debug.Print sh.Name
Next sh

Order of Items in the For Loop

For Each goes through items in one way only.

For example, if you go through all the worksheets in a workbook it will always go through
from left to right. If you go through a range it will start at the lowest cell e.g.
Range(“A1:A10”) will return A1,A2,A3 etc.

This means if you want any other order then you need to use the For loop.

Both loops in the following example will read the worksheets from left to right:

' Both loops read the worksheets from left to right

Dim wk As Worksheet
For Each wk In ThisWorkbook.Worksheets
Debug.Print wk.Name
Next

Dim i As Long
For i = 1 To ThisWorkbook.Worksheets.Count
Debug.Print ThisWorkbook.Worksheets(i).Name
Next

As you can see the For Each loop is neater to write. However if you want to read the sheets
in any other order e.g. right to left then you have to use the for loop:

' Reading the worksheets from right to left

Dim i As Long
For i = ThisWorkbook.Worksheets.Count To 1 Step -1
Debug.Print ThisWorkbook.Worksheets(i).Name
Next

Using the VBA For Each Loop With Arrays

One thing to keep in my is that the For Each loop is that it is read-only when you use it with
arrays.

The following example demonstrates this:

 ' https://excelmacromastery.com/
Sub UseForEach()

' Create array and add three values

Dim arr() As Variant
arr = Array("A", "B", "C")

Dim s As Variant
For Each s In arr
' Changes what s is referring to - not value of array item
s = "Z"
Next

' Print items to show the array has remained unchanged

For Each s In arr
Debug.Print s
Next

End Sub

In the first loop we try to assign s to “Z”. When happens is that s is now referring the string
“Z” and no longer to the item in the array.

In the second loop we print out the array and you can see that none of the values have
changed.

When we use the For Loop we can change the array item. If we change the previous code
to use the For Loop you it will change all the array values to “Z”

' https://excelmacromastery.com/
Sub UsingForWithArray()

' Create array and add three values

Dim arr() As Variant
arr = Array("A", "B", "C")

Dim i As Long
 For i = LBound(arr) To UBound(arr)
' Changes value at position to Z
arr(i) = "Z"
Next

' Print items to show the array values have change

For i = LBound(arr) To UBound(arr)
Debug.Print arr(i)
Next

End Sub

If your Collection is storing Objects the you can change the items using a For Each loop.

Using Nested For Each Loops

We saw already that you can have a loop inside other loops. Here is the example from
above:

' https://excelmacromastery.com/
Sub ListWorksheets()

Dim i As Long, j As Long

' First Loop goes through all workbooks
For i = 1 To Workbooks.Count

' Second loop goes through all the worksheets of workbook(i)

For j = 1 To Workbooks(i).Worksheets.Count
Debug.Print Workbooks(i).Name + ":" + Worksheets(j).Name
Next j

Next i

End Sub
This time we will use the For Each loop to perform the same task:

' https://excelmacromastery.com/
Sub ReadAllWorksheets()

Dim wk As Workbook, sh As Worksheet

' Read each workbook
For Each wk In Workbooks

' Read each worksheet in the wk workbook

For Each sh In wk.Worksheets
' Print workbook name and worksheet name
Debug.Print wk.Name + ": " + sh.Name
Next sh

Next wk

End Sub

As you can see this is a neater way of performing this task than using the For Loop:

This code run as follows:

1. Get the first Workbook from the Workbooks collection

2. Go through all the worksheets in this workbook
3. Print the workbook/worksheet details
4. Get the next workbooks in the collection
5. Repeat steps 2 to 3
6. Continue until no more workbooks are left in the collection

How to Loop Through a Range

In Excel VBA, the most common use of a For Loop is to read through a range.
Imagine we have the data set in the screenshot below. Our task is to write code that will
read through the data and copy the amounts to the column J. We are only going to copy
amounts that are greater than 200,000.

The following example shows how we do it:

' Read through an Excel Range using the VBA For Loop
' https://excelmacromastery.com/
Sub ForLoopThroughRange()

' Get the worksheet

Dim sh As Worksheet
Set sh = ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("Sheet1")

' Get the Range

Dim rg As Range
Set rg = sh.Range("A1").CurrentRegion

' Delete existing output

sh.Range("J1").CurrentRegion.ClearContents

' Set the first output row

Dim row As Long
 row = 1

' Read through all the rows using the For Loop
Dim i As Long
For i = 2 To rg.Rows.Count

' Check if amount is greater than 200000

If rg.Cells(i, 4).Value > 200000 Then

' Copy amount to column m

sh.Cells(row, "J").Value = rg.Cells(i, 4).Value

' Move to next output row

row = row + 1

End If

Next i

End Sub

This is a very basic example of copying data using Excel VBA. If you want a complete guide
to copying data using Excel VBA then check out this post

Summary of the VBA For Loops

The Standard VBA For Loop

The For loop is slower than the For Each loop.
The For loop can go through a selection of items e.g. 5 to 10.
The For loop can read items in reverse e.g. 10 to 1.
The For loop is not as neat to write as the For Each Loop especially with nested loops.
To exit a For loop use Exit For.
The VBA For Each Loop
The For Each loop is faster than the For loop.
The For Each loop goes through all items in the collection\array.
The For Each loop can go through items in one order only.
The For Each loop is neater to write than a For Loop especially for nested loops.
To exit a For Each loop use Exit For.

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40 Comments
K-Li-Ch on April 3, 2015 at 1:30 am
Paul:

In Sub ListWorksheets() you must change Worksheets(i) to Worksheets(j).

Also I was getting “error 9” at execution. I changed

Debug.Print Workbooks(i).Name + “:” + Worksheets(j).Name

to

Debug.Print Workbooks(i).Name + “:” + Workbooks(i).Worksheets(j).Name

and it worked perfectly.

Sincerely yours,

K-Li-Ch

Reply
 Paul Kelly on April 3, 2015 at 6:25 pm
Thanks K-Li-Ch,

I’ve updated the code to correct that error.

Paul

Reply
Paul Kelly on April 16, 2016 at 11:55 am

Yes it would be a better way to write it.

Reply

K-Li-Ch on August 4, 2016 at 4:43 am

Or “While” a condition is met. Same with Do … Loop While.

Sincerely,

K-Li-Ch

Reply

farahxx on February 16, 2017 at 6:29 am

Private Sub CommandButton3_Click()

‘ Get the last row with text

Dim LastRow As Long
LastRow = Cells(Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Row

Dim i As Long, Total As Long

‘ Use LastRow in loop

For i = 1 To LastRow

‘ Check if cell has text “Oranges1”

If Cells(i, 1).Value = “Oranges1” Then

‘ Add value in column B to total

Total = Sheets(1).Cells(i, 2).Value + Sheets(2).Cells(i, 2).Value
Exit For
End If
Next i

‘ Print total
MsgBox “Total oranges sold was = ” & Total

End Sub

////////////////////////

Hi Paul!
I’m having a situation where I want to use the total gain from this looping to
another excel workbook and at the same time I don’t want to use the
msgbox but just want the result and put it on another workbook. Is there’s
any possibilities that I can do that? What should I add to the code? I have
tried some of this;

Set Target_Workbook = Workbooks.Open(Target_Path)

Set Source_Workbook = ThisWorkbook

and using this

Source_Workbook.Sheets(1).Cells(19, 4) = Target_Data

but it seems not to work out well. Can you help me with this?

Reply

Paul Kelly on February 16, 2017 at 9:09 am

You are assigning the value to the source workbook. Should this not
be to the Target_Workbook? e.g.

Target_Workbook.Sheets(1).Cells(19, 4) = Target_Data

Reply
Nicolas on April 3, 2017 at 3:50 pm
Hi Paul,
Is there a way to create n for loops without typing manually every loop?
Thanks

Reply
 Paul Kelly on April 4, 2017 at 3:03 am
Hi Nicolas.

No. There is no mechanism for this in VBA.

Reply
Ashish Pawar on July 25, 2017 at 12:43 pm

I have 2 worksheets with one single column common in both which is the
1st column of both worksheets. I want to match the columns in both sheets
and for matching columns ( i.e. for Sheet1.Ax = Sheet2.Ax) I want all rows in
that row from Sheet 2 to the last row column of the sheet 1 . I am using
below code –
Dim LastCol As Long
Dim rng As Range
Dim rng2 As Range
Dim i As Integer

‘ Use all cells on the sheet

Set rng = Sheets(“Sheet1”).Cells
Set rng2 = Sheets(“Sheet2”).Cells

‘ Find the last column

LastCol = Last(2, rng)

‘ After the last column with data change the value of the cell in row 1

For i = 1 To 895
rng.Parent.Cells(i, LastCol + 1).Value = rng2.Parent.Cells(i,1j).Value
Next I

With above coe I am able to only copy the first column from Sheet2 where
as I need to copy all columns for sheet2 is the 1st column in sheet2 is same
as 1st column in Sheet1
Can you please help with the actual code

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Frik on September 27, 2017 at 4:41 am

Good day
How do i get the sheet index number to loop for example
=’1′!$A$1
=’2′!$A$1
=’3′!$A$1
=’4′!$A$1

Reply

Paul Kelly on September 27, 2017 at 12:53 pm

Worksheets(1).Range(“$A$1”).Value
Worksheets(2).Range(“$A$1”).Value

Reply
Ira Marvin on October 11, 2017 at 6:53 pm

Great Content.

Reply

Sadiq Kachwala on February 2, 2018 at 11:50 am

Hello Paul, I want to code a loop that will count each column from a table
(eg 16 columns table). Then it should select row with maximum count and
activate first cell from the row. Can you help?
Please mail me the response.

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John on March 20, 2018 at 6:12 pm

Dear Paul, good afternoon.

I’m just starting about loops and your site is plentiful of examples,
Congratulations.

Please forgive my dumbness…

In the “Using Step” example above, what if we have to print from 2 to 20
and, next, from 20 to 2 in the same loop (I mean, to print this: 2, 4, 6, … 20,
20, …, 6, 4, 2)?
From my poor knowledge, it will only be possible using 2 concatenated
loops. From your experience, it would be possible with a single one?
Thanks
John

Reply

Paul Kelly on March 21, 2018 at 5:51 am

Hi John,

You could write code in the loop to make it happen but would be
very messy.

It is much better practice to use two loops for something like this. It
makes the code clearer

Paul.

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Mireia on March 21, 2018 at 10:30 am

Dear Paul,

I know something about VBA but never used loops. This was great help
thanks!!

My question is the following: Is it possible to make a loop to run several

macros? Maybe it will be more understandable with an example:

*******************************************************
Sub example()

Application.CutCopyMode = False
Sheets(“Sheet2”).Select
Application.GoTo Range(“A1”), True

Application.Run “example.xlsm!example1”
Application.CutCopyMode = False
Application.Run “example.xlsm!example2”
Application.CutCopyMode = False
Application.Run “example.xlsm!example3”
Application.CutCopyMode = False
Sheets(“Sheet2”).Select
Range(“A1”).Select

End Sub
****************************************************************
*******
Could I make this macro have a loop? It is a long dataset, it goes through it
until a change in a cell and then does a lot of stuff. But then I want it to start
again. Could it be possible?

Thank you very much in advance for all the information!!

Regards,

Mireia.

Reply

Paul Kelly on March 22, 2018 at 4:15 am

Hi Mireia,

Sure. You can do this

Dim i As Long
For i = 1 To 3
Application.Run "example.xlsm!example" & i
Application.CutCopyMode = False
Next i

Paul

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Austin Gapinski on June 8, 2018 at 2:15 am

Hi Paul,
Thank you for all the great information above!
I have a problem that I am stuggling to figure out. I am looking to update a
scatter plot every x amount of minutes to keep up with some data that is
being exported into the file from another program.

Would a loop be the proper way to do this? Or is there some other function
out there I should be looking in to!
 Reply

Paul Kelly on June 8, 2018 at 10:42 am

Hi Austin,

You can use a loop with the Application.Wait function. This function
will pause to code for a specific amount of time.

Reply
Pankaj Negi on September 11, 2018 at 11:36 am

Sir,

Kindly check my code and revert me its not working properly…

Sub Main()

Dim x As Integer

Sheets(“Entry Sheet”).Select
lastrows = Range(“A2”, Range(“A2”).End(xlDown)).Rows.Count

For x = 2 To lastrows + 1
Cells(x, 1).Copy
Worksheets(“Brokerage”).Range(“D1”).PasteSpecial
Sheets(“Brokerage”).PrintOut
Next
End Sub

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Benedito Almeida on December 12, 2018 at 7:39 pm

I have the row range, listed below, which repeats several in the column.
What is the VBA macro code through loop, ideally to exclude this range of
lines?

TOTAL ACUMULADO DAS VERBAS NA SUB-LOTA AO ﾇ

———————————————————————————————————
————————-
———————————————————————————————————
————————-

———————————————————————————————————
————————-
Base INSS: 5.200,00 Sal.Familia INSS: 0,00 Base p/ Prev.Propria(*): 0,00
Sal.Fam.Prev.Propria: 0,00

Reply

Paul Kelly on December 20, 2018 at 12:36 pm

Hi Benedito,

You can use an If Statement to check the line.

For example

If Instr(sheet1.Range(“A” & i).Values2,”TOTAL ACUMULADO DAS

VERBAS”) > 0 Then

Paul

Reply
Samim Malikzay on December 13, 2018 at 8:05 am

Hi sir,

I have a question about a for loop in VBA. Could you please help me?
Question:

This (see below) code is part of a code that draws in autocad. According to
the code the program searchs all cells to see if there is a command or value
in de cell. I want to know if there is a way to stop the loop when there is a
specific text in de cell.
I want to tell VBA to stop the Loop when this (\\C:myfolder) text is written in
a cell. I have been looking for a while, if you could take a look at it and help
me it would be wonderful. Thanks in advance!
code:
‘Loop through all the rows of the sheet that contain commands.
For i = 13 To LastRow

‘Find the last column.

LastColumn = .Cells(i, .Columns.Count).End(xlToLeft).Column

‘Check if there is at least on command in each row.

If LastColumn > 2 Then

‘Create a string that incorporates all the commands that exist in each row.
acadCmd = “”
For j = 3 To LastColumn
If Not IsEmpty(.Cells(i, j).Value) Then
acadCmd = acadCmd & .Cells(i, j).Value & vbCr
End If
Next j

Kind regards,

Samim

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Paul Kelly on December 20, 2018 at 12:38 pm

You can use “Exit For” to exist the loop

If Instr(.Cells(i, j).Value,”\\C:myfolder”) > 0 Then

Exit For
End If

Paul

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Poornachander B on March 19, 2019 at 8:00 am
Dear Paul,

I am new to Macro’s
I have a scenario which I have two tables like below
Date Product Code Selling Price Sales per month Balance in Stock Profit
Amount Loss Amount Profit in % Loss In % Total Amount
Jan 112 255 158 40290
Jan 116 152 99 15048
Feb 118 130 98 12740
Mar 118 131 135 17685
Jan 119 160 100 16000
Feb 112 300 49 14700
Feb 119 150 99 14850
Mar 116 153 143 21879
Mar 112 245 200 49000
Feb 120 150 38 5700
Feb 116 150 200 30000
Jan 118 135 287 38745

and

Product Code Quantity in Stock Cost Price

112 2000 250
116 3000 150
118 1500 128
119 4000 145
120 2000 148

now I have to Calculate Profit and loss in terms of amount and % using
nested loops

can you please assist me

Thanks

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Jeyner Lopez on June 12, 2019 at 4:16 pm

Hi, thanks for everything. I don’t see nowhere mention a loop to repeat
formulas or application like coefficient trendline and control the x and y, or
looping average, or looping forecasting, it is possible to talk about this.
PLEASE.
THANK YOU SIR.

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Yeshu on July 5, 2019 at 1:54 pm

Hi Paul,
Thank you for all the great information above. I have a assignment to do on
every month.

There are a set of excel file which need to be consolidated into one
workbook and all are in sheet1. It will be very helpful if you provide your
assistance. i have tired many VBA codes but still not successful. I’m very
new to the VBA.

The below code go to the folder path and update the file name in
destination workbook called as “zmaster” and paste in consolidation sheet.
I don’t want name to be updated what i want is i need the data which is
updated in each input files from column A to P.

Sub folder()

Dim wb As ThisWorkbook
Set wb = ThisWorkbook
Dim ws As Worksheet
Set ws = wb.Worksheets(“consolidation”)
Dim rownum As Integer
rownum = 1

Dim fso As FileSystemObject

Set fso = New FileSystemObject

Dim fol As folder

Set fol = fso.GetFolder(“C:\Users\Y\Favorites\Downloads\Testing\”)
Dim myfile As File
For Each myfile In fol.Files
ws.Cells(rownum, 1).Value = myfile.Name
rownum = rownum + 1
Next
End Sub

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Hongjie Lin on August 16, 2019 at 6:00 am
For i = 1 To 1000
If KL.Cells(i, 1) = “(Serial No.” Then
Dim rg As Range
Set rg = KL.Cells(i, 1).CurrentRegion
Dim cell As Range
For Each cell In rg
If Val(cell) > 0 Then
count = count + 1
End If
Next cell
Debug.Print count
count = 0

End If
Next i

Hi Paul, I am doing a count procedure where i will check each individual

parts of the excel file. Problem now is that i want to write the count
(continuously) after finishing each part to a place in the excel file whereby
the rows is not the same. Any Idea how i go about doing it

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Kumar on March 2, 2020 at 5:01 pm
How to Loop in sheet 1 step by 1 and in second sheet step by 2
simultaneously

Thanks
Kumar

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Baseam on May 31, 2020 at 8:21 am

Please , i have this problem, my code
for i = 1 to 100
if worksheets(“sheet1”).cells(i,1).value = i ————this dont work
when i change i to 1 it works like this
if worksheets(“sheet1”).cells(i,1).value = 1———–work
i try convert the cell covert the every value no way , thanks

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Paul Kelly on June 2, 2020 at 2:59 am

What do you mean “doesn’t work”? What is the error?

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Baseam on June 2, 2020 at 11:05 am

 there is no error , the code doesnt execute , i copy certain
cells form one sheet to another based on two certaria this is
one of them , when used i variable the code copy nothing ,
when i hand write “1” it copy the cell that its value “1” but
the file has handreds of cells , thanks

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Shijo Xavier on June 19, 2020 at 3:36 am

Hi Paul
My knowledge in VBA is too bad. Just want to have a help from you. I am
trying to run a number of employees in a Row (starting from A2 to the last
cell with the value, no blank cell meanwhile). For some cases, I get error
while running a cell value and I want to skip that error and run with the
next cell.
Currently, I am using the codes
Dim Rng As Range
Set Rng = Range(“A2”,
Range(“A2”).End(xlDown)).Cells.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeVisible)
For Each cell In Rng
my codes here and then
I am aware about the line where I can get an error, so I use the code as
On Error GoTo Errhandler
once I furnished with codes here
Errhandler:
and my codes updated here and then
Exit Sub
and again want to continue with the next cell but it is failed and stopping it
there.
Please help me.
Thanks

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herbet on August 30, 2020 at 5:21 pm

i guess its format of cells(i,1).value

just idea please try :

if value(worksheets(“sheet1”).cells(i,1).value)=i —-

herbet
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Jeyner Lopez on September 9, 2020 at 11:11 pm

Thank you Paul for all the great job you share with Us.

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Paul Kelly on September 17, 2020 at 2:23 am

Thanks Jeyner

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Antoine on September 22, 2020 at 4:07 pm

Hi Paul, here’s my question. How to solve this :

Write a sub procedure to calculate the sum of integers from 1 to 10 000
and display the sum in the immediate window every 1000 steps.
Thanks

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Morton Ellis Wakeland on February 1, 2021 at 12:45 am

Paul, Mort in Dallas. Your explanations are simply awesome! However, my

73 year old brain cells just cannot seem to comprehend some things. Am
comparing two cells on same row i,3 and i,8
if i,3 will a certain year, and i,8 is > a certain date then I want to color that
cell green.
code is If Cells(i,3) = intYrOne And cells (i,8) > strDueDate1 then color cell i,8
Cells (i,8).interior.colorIndex = 4
Does not work.
Apologize to bother, but if you have time for an ole man – would
appreciate!
Mort Wakeland, Dallas, TX

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 Paul Kelly on February 6, 2021 at 3:15 am
Hi Mort,

What do you mean by “does not work”? Are you getting an error or
is the result not what you are expecting?

If you step through the code and look at the variables in the watch
window you should be able to see the issue.

-Paul

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Neil on August 28, 2021 at 11:49 pm
Lets say I have a text file like so.
903135
475235
138026
023723
490988
462780
786904
304518
018123
137838
770568
903205
682497
so my last line will look like -3 +8 -1 +2 +9 +2
I want to iterate place all the numbers into an array or I might not have to
and us a
do while !EOF
loop through each column and compare it to the number in the same row
of the next column and write the difference into another text file or another
worksheet, any idea how i could do this?

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