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VBA Automation for Excel 2019 Cookbook

You're reading from   VBA Automation for Excel 2019 Cookbook Solutions to automate routine tasks and increase productivity with Excel and other MS Office applications

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789610031
Length 362 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (20) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Chapter 1: Getting Started with VBA 2. Chapter 2: Working with the VBA Editor FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 3: The VBA Object Model 4. Chapter 4: Working with Procedures 5. Chapter 5: Next Level Recording 6. Chapter 6: VBA Language Elements 7. Chapter 7: Working with Ranges 8. Chapter 8: Using Functions 9. Chapter 9: Implementing Program Flow 10. Chapter 10: Implementing Automation 11. Chapter 11: Handling Errors 12. Chapter 12: Debugging 13. Chapter 13: Creating and Modifying Dialog Boxes 14. Chapter 14: Creating UserForms 15. Chapter 15: UserForm Controls 16. Chapter 16: Creating Custom Functions 17. Chapter 17: Creating Word Documents with Excel VBA 18. Chapter 18: Working with PowerPoint in Excel VBA 19. Other Books You May Enjoy

Creating Sub and Function procedures

In this recipe, we will be creating the two most common types of procedures; Sub and Function procedures.

A Sub procedure is, in essence, a series of VBA statements, with the purpose of performing an action within Excel. The simplest Sub procedures can be as short as a single line of code (between the Sub and End Sub statements), while complex Sub procedures can become quite long. It is, however, advisable to divide huge Sub procedures into a series of shorter Sub procedures.

Another procedure often used in VBA is the Function procedure. The purpose and use of this type of procedure differs from the Sub procedure in the sense that it performs a calculation and returns a single value.

It can happen that you want to do a complex calculation, like a nested If statement, or a nested And/Or statement. By incorporating these functions into a User-Defined Function (UDF), you can simplify the process considerably.

Function procedures can also...

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