XL2000: How to Count Rows Displayed After Data Has Been Filtered

This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications Sub procedure (macro) that counts the number of rows that remain after you use AutoFilter or Advanced Filter on the Data menu to filter a list.

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1. Start Excel and create the following spreadsheet:

   A1:  Last Name	B1:  First Name
   A2:  Jones	B2:  Gary
   A3:  Jones	B3:  Larry
   A4:  Jones	B4:  Mary
   A5:  Smith	B5:  Gary
   A6:  Smith	B6:  Larry
   A7:  Smith	B7:  Mary
   					

2. Press ALT+F11 to start the Visual Basic editor.
3. On the Insert menu, click Module.
4. In the module sheet, type the following code:

   Sub Count_Filtered_Rows()
       Dim UpperLeftCorner As Range
       ' UpperLeftCorner should be set to the upper-left
       ' corner of the list range:
       Set UpperLeftCorner = Sheets("Sheet1").Range("A1")
       rowcount = -1
       For Each area In _
           UpperLeftCorner.CurrentRegion.SpecialCells(xlVisible).Areas
           rowcount = rowcount + area.Rows.Count
       Next
       MsgBox rowcount
   End Sub
   					

5. Press ALT+F11 to return to Excel.
6. Select cells A1:B7.
7. On the Data menu, point to Filter, and then click AutoFilter.
8. Click the arrow in the "Last Name" data column.
9. Click Jones.
   
   Note that only the three "Jones" names appear.
10. On the Tools menu, point to Macro, and then click Macros.
11. In the Macro name list, click Count_Filtered_Rows, and then click Run.
    
    Note that a message box appears with the number "3" in it.