Useful VBA Excel codes with Examples

Or, you can write a code that will insert a row after every other row.

You can use VBA to write codes that will make your work in Excel more efficient. In this post, we will share with you some useful VBA codes for Excel with examples.

VBA: the programming language

VBA the Visual Basic for Applications is a language used for applications like Microsoft Excel and Word. It’s a really easy language that you can do many tasks with it especially the Macros Command that will help you a lot in your business. You can find more about VBA and its history with the Microsoft Office Application here VBA: the programming language.
Next, we gonna list some Useful VBA codes for Excel.

Excel and VBA Editor

The VBA Editor in Excel (VBE) it’s a tool to manage and edit codes written with the VBA language. It consists of several viewing windows, the main one is entirely reserved for entering the instructions that make a module. So let’s know how to use this editor:

1. How do I launch Visual Basic Editor?
   • Excel version 2003 (or earlier):
     -> Using the menu Tools -> Macro then click on the option Visual Basic Editor or type.
     -> Using shortcut key [Alt][F11]
     

     Visual Basic Editor Excel 2003
   • Excel version 2007 or later: In newer versions of Excel, the tools for using VBE is hidden which is the developer tab, you can follow this quick guide to know how to add the developer tab to the ribbon in Excel version 2016 and earlier.
     

     Excel 2016 Developer Tab

     Once you add the developer tab, In this new tab, click on the Visual Basic icon to launch VBE.
2. VBE: the interface
   

   VBA: the interface

3. Launch a new Module in VBE
   1. Right-click in the project you want to add a new Module on it “VBAProject(VBA Editor.xslm)”
   2. Select Insert -> Module
   

   Insert VBA Module

Useful VBA codes for Excel

After we see our VB Editor and how to lunch a new Module, now we gonna make things more pragmatical by listing some useful VBA codes examples in the Microsoft Office Excel 2016 but also for earlier version too.
What you need to do is:

1. Copy the VBA code examples bellow
2. Insert a new Module in the VB Editor
3. Paste the code and close the VBE
4. Go to the Developer tab and open the Macro Editor
5. Run the new VBA code you just add

So lets start by adding some easy VBA codes and go further for advanced ones:

Sub CopyValue()

Range("B1").Value = Range("A1").Value

End Sub

Sub InsertRow()

Dim i As Long

For i = 1 To ActiveSheet.UsedRange.Rows.Count Step 2

ActiveSheet.Rows(i + 1).Insert

Next i

End Sub

Sub replaceEmptyWithZero()
 Dim rng As Range
 Selection.Value = Selection.Value
 For Each rng In Selection
  If rng = "" Or rng = " " Then
  rng.Value = "0"
  Else
  End If
 Next rng
End Sub

Sub vbaMsgBox()

    If MsgBox("Are you sure you want to delete the content
of B2?", vbYesNo, "Confirmation request") = vbYes Then
        Range("B2").ClearContents
        MsgBox "The content of B2 has been deleted!"
    End If

End Sub

Sub Auto_Open ()
    MsgBox "To find out all about Excel, go to  www.macrosinexcel.com  "
End Sub

Sub writeDataTime ()
    Range ("A1") = Now
End Sub

Sous checkFormula ()
  Si Range ("A1"). HasFormula = True Alors
    MsgBox "There's a formula"
    Else
   MsgBox "It is not a formula"
  Fin si
End Sub

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