I'm very new to VBA, to bear with me here.
I want to assign a set of variables the value of a set of ranges ie. run a brief code to simplify the following
Dim Sample 1 as string
Sample1 = activeworksheet.range("C17").value
Dim Sample 2 as string
Sample2 = activeworksheet.range("C18").value}
and so on
Following an excelfunctions.net tutorial, I know that I can shorten the declaration to
Dim Sample(1 to 20) as a string
But the tutorial drops it there(because it's a tutorial about names), suggesting I populate it as follows
sample(1)=activesheet.range("C7").value
sample(2)=activesheet.range("C7").value
and so on
I found the discussion below to be on the right track to answer my quest, but I am having trouble applying it to my situation. (Excel VBA Array Ranges for a loop)
As a follow up note, I am ultimately trying to assign values to these variables for use in the following procedures, rather than declaring and assigning them each time.
Thanks!
You should :
- Define the range you want to retrieve data
For each cell of the range, retrieve your datas
dim tab() As string, cell as range, i as integer
i = 0
redim tab(0)
for each cell in ActiveWorksheet.Range("C1:C20")
tab(i) = cell
i = i + 1
redim preserve tab(i)
next
edit : I indent the code to display it correctly
Try something like this:
Sub test()
Dim sampleArr(1 To 20) As String
Dim i As Integer
Dim rng As Range, cel As Range
i = 1
Set rng = Range("C1:C20")
For Each cel In rng
sampleArr(i) = cel.Value
i = i + 1
Next cel
For i = LBound(sampleArr) To UBound(sampleArr)
Debug.Print sampleArr(i)
Next i
Also, if you know the range you want to put into an array, you can simply set an array to that range:
Sub test()
Dim sampleArr() As Variant
Dim i As Integer
Dim rng As Range, cel As Range
i = 1
Set rng = Range("C1:C20") ' Note, this creates a 2 Dimensional array
sampleArr = rng ' Right here, this sets the values in the range to this array.
For i = LBound(sampleArr) To UBound(sampleArr)
Debug.Print sampleArr(i, 1) ' you need the ",1" since this is 2D.
Next i
End Sub
Additional way to the above you can only use:
Arr = ActiveWorksheet.Range("C1:C20").Value
Then you can directly use:
Arr(i,1)
where i
is C1 to C20 range!