Sample Visual Basic macros for working with arrays in Excel

This article contains sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications procedures that you can use to work with several types of arrays.

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To fill an array and copy it to a worksheet

1. Open a new workbook.
2. Press Alt+F11 to run the Visual Basic Editor.
3. On the Insert menu, click Module.
4. Type the following code on the module sheet:

      Sub Sheet_Fill_Array()
         Dim myarray As Variant
         myarray = Array(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
         Range("a1:a10").Value = Application.WorksheetFunction.Transpose(myarray)
      End Sub
   					

5. On the File menu, click Close and return to Microsoft Excel.
6. Select Sheet1.
7. On the Tools menu, point to Macro, and then click Macros.
8. In the Macro dialog box, click Sheet_Fill_Array, and then click Run.

To take values from a worksheet and fill the array

1. Open a new workbook and type values in cells A1:A10 on Sheet1.
2. Press Alt+F11 to run the Visual Basic Editor.
3. On the Insert menu, click Module.
4. Type the following code on the module sheet:

      Sub From_sheet_make_array()
         Dim myarray As Variant
         myarray = Range("a1:a10").Value
   
         'Looping structure to look at array.
         For i = 1 To UBound(myarray)
         	MsgBox myarray(i, 1)
         Next
      End Sub
   				
   

5. On the File menu, click Close and return to Microsoft Excel.
6. Select Sheet1.
7. On the Tools menu, point to Macro, and then click Macros.
8. In the Macro dialog box, click From_sheet_make_array, and then click Run.

To pass and receive an array

1. Open a new workbook.
2. Press Alt+F11 to run the Visual Basic Editor.
3. On the Insert menu, click Module.
4. Type the following code on the module sheet:

      Sub Pass_array()
         Dim myarray As Variant
         myarray = Range("a1:a10").Value
         receive_array myarray
      End Sub
   
      Sub receive_array(thisarray)
         For i = 1 To UBound(myarray)
         	MsgBox myarray(i, 1)
         Next
      End Sub

5. On the File menu, click Close and return to Microsoft Excel.
6. Select Sheet1 and highlight the range A1:A10.
7. On the Tools menu, point to Macro, and then click Macros.
8. In the Macro dialog box, click Pass_array, and then click Run.