VBA Cell Value - Get, Set, or Change - Automate Excel

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SetCellValue TosetaCellValue,usetheValuepropertyoftheRangeorCellsobject. Range.Value&Cells.Value Therearetwowaystoreferencecell(s)inVBA: RangeObject–Range(“A2”).Value CellsObject–Cells(2,1).Value TheRangeobjectallowsyoutoreferenceacellusingthestandard“A1”notation. ThiswillsettherangeA2’svalue=1: 1 Range("A2").Value=1 TheCellsobjectallowsyoutoreferenceacellbyit’srownumberandcolumnnumber. ThiswillsetrangeA2’svalue=1: 1 Cells(2,1).Value=1 Noticethatyouentertherownumberfirst: 1 Cells(Row_num,Col_num) SetMultipleCells’ValuesatOnce Insteadofreferencingasinglecell,youcanreferencearangeofcellsandchangeallofthecellvaluesatonce: 1 Range("A2:A5").Value=1 SetCellValue–Text Intheaboveexamples,wesetthecellvalueequaltoanumber(1). Instead,youcansetthecellvalueequaltoastringoftext. InVBA,alltextmustbesurroundedbyquotations: 1 Range("A2").Value="Text" Ifyoudon’tsurroundthetextwithquotations,VBAwillthinkyoureferencingavariable… SetCellValue–Variable Youcanalsosetacellvalueequaltoavariable 1234 DimstrTextasStringstrText="StringofText" Range("A2").Value=strText GetCellValue YoucangetcellvaluesusingthesameValuepropertythatweusedabove. VBACodingMadeEasy StopsearchingforVBAcodeonline.LearnmoreaboutAutoMacro-AVBACodeBuilderthatallowsbeginnerstocodeproceduresfromscratchwithminimalcodingknowledgeandwithmanytime-savingfeaturesforallusers! LearnMore!! GetActiveCellValue TogettheActiveCellvalueanddisplayitinamessagebox: 1 MsgBoxActiveCell.Value AssignCellValuetoVariable Togetacellvalueandassignittoavariable: 123 DimvarasVariant var=Range("A1").Value HereweusedavariableoftypeVariant.Variantvariablescanacceptanytypeofvalues. Instead,youcoulduseaStringvariabletype: 123 DimvarasString var=Range("A1").Value AStringvariabletypewillacceptnumericalvalues,butitwillstorethenumbersastext. Ifyouknowyourcellvaluewillbenumerical,youcoulduseaDoublevariabletype(Doublevariablescanstoredecimalvalues): 123 DimvarasDouble var=Range("A1").Value However,ifyouattempttostoreacellvaluecontainingtextinadoublevariable,youwillreceiveantypemismatcherror: OtherCellValueExamples VBAProgramming|CodeGeneratordoesworkforyou!CopyCellValue It’seasytosetacellvalueequaltoanothercellvalue(or“Copy”acellvalue): 1 Range("A1").Value=Range("B1").Value Youcanevendothiswithrangesofcells(therangesmustbethesamesize): 1 Range("A1:A5").Value=Range("B1:B5").Value CompareCellValues Youcancomparecellvaluesusingthestandardcomparisonoperators. Testifcellvaluesareequal: 1 MsgBoxRange("A1").Value=Range("B1").Value WillreturnTRUEifcellvaluesareequal.OtherwiseFALSE. YoucanalsocreateanIfStatementtocomparecellvalues: 12345678910111213 IfRange("A1").Value>Range("B1").ValueThen  Range("C1").Value="GreaterThan" ElseifRange("A1").Value=Range("B1").ValueThen  Range("C1").Value="Equal" Else  Range("C1").Value="LessThan" EndIf Youcancomparetextinthesameway(RememberthatVBAisCaseSensitive) VBACodeGenerator LearnMore VBACodeExamplesAdd-in Easilyaccessallofthecodeexamplesfoundonoursite. Simplynavigatetothemenu,click,andthecodewillbeinserteddirectlyintoyourmodule..xlamadd-in. (Noinstallationrequired!) FreeDownload ReturntoVBACodeExamples AutoMacro:VBAAdd-inwithHundredsofReady-To-UseVBACodeExamples&muchmore! LearnMore WhatisAutoMacro? AutoMacroisanadd-inforVBAthatinstallsdirectlyintotheVisualBasicEditor.Itcomesloadedwithcodegenerators,anextensivecodelibrary,theabilitytocreateyourowncodelibrary,andmanyotherhelpfultime-savingtoolsandutilities. LearnMore VBA(Macros)CodeExamplesAdd-in TryforFree UltimateVBAAdd-in off-Sale! Offerexpiressoon! 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