To loop through a range in VBA, you need to use the “For Each Loop”. By using this loop, you can write a code where you tell VBA to go through each cell in the range, column, or row and perform a specific activity.
Sub vba_loop_range()
Dim iCell As Range
For Each iCell In Range("A1:A10").Cells
iCell.Value = "Yes"
Next iCell
End Sub
Following are steps for looping through a range:
- First, declare a variable to use as a cell of the range to loop.
- After that, start the “For Each loop” and use “iCell” variable to represent each cell in the range while the loop.
- Next, you need to write a line of code to perform some activity to each cell we are looping the range.
- In the end, end the code for a loop.
Loop Through Entire Column and a Row using VBA
In the same way, you can loop through each cell of a row using the following code that is just like the code we have used in the earlier example, the only difference is the range that we have specified.
Note: Before you loop through an entire column or a row you need to understand that it can take quite a time to complete the loop and it can make your Excel freeze for few minutes.
Sub vba_loop_range()
Dim iCell As Range
For Each iCell In Range("A:A").Cells
iCell.Value = "Yes"
Next iCell
End Sub
And in the same way, you can use a full row as a range to loop through.
Sub vba_loop_range()
Dim iCell As Range
For Each iCell In Range("1:1").Cells
iCell.Value = "Yes"
Next iCell
End Sub
Loop Through Dynamic Range
And if you want to loop through a dynamic range of cells refer to the following code.
Sub vba_dynamic_loop_range()
Dim iCell As Range
Dim iRange1 As String
Dim iRange2 As String
Dim rangeName As String
iRange1 = ActiveCell.Address
iRange2 = ActiveCell.Offset(5, 5).Address
rangeName = iRange1 & ":" & iRange2
For Each iCell In Range(rangeName).Cells
iCell = "Yes"
Next iCell
End Sub
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