Psyc 689 Spring 2008: Takashi Yamauchi
How to use Excel VBA
Open VBA
 Select Tools / Macro / Visual Basic Editor
 You type codes here. This is a property window.
 Worksheet1 is activated here.
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Writing a simple program
Click Sheet 1 and type this
Sub FirstProgram()
Cells(1, 1).Value = "TY"
End Sub
Click ThisWorkbook and type this
Sub FirstProgram2()
Cells(1, 1).Value = "TY2"
End Sub
Insert Module and type this on Module1
Sub FirstProgram3()
Cells(1, 1).Value = "TY3"
End Sub
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How to run a program
Click on the program you want to run, and click the “run” button from
VBE toolbar. (or select Run / Run Sub/UserForm)
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Or insert a button on a spreadsheet, and run from there. (right click the
menu bar on the spreadsheet and select “form”)
Try the following examples
Sub FirstProgram()
Cells(1, 1).Value = "TY"
End Sub
'procedure
Sub testProcedure()
Dim a As Integer
Dim b As Integer
Dim c As Integer
Cells(1, 1).Value = "TY"
Cells(1, 2).Value = 1 + 2 + 3
a=1
b=2
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c=3
Cells(1, 3).Value = (a + b) / c
Cells(1, 4).Value = testFunction1(10)
End Sub
'function
Function testFunction1(x As Integer) As Integer
testFunction1 = x * 10
End Function
'test data type
Sub testDataType()
Dim a As Integer
Dim b As Long
Dim c As Double
Dim d As String
a = 10 / 3
b = 10 / 3
c = 10 / 3
d = "done'"
Cells(3, 1).Value = "integer"
Cells(3, 2).Value = a
Cells(4, 1).Value = "Long"
Cells(4, 2).Value = b
Cells(5, 1).Value = "Double"
Cells(5, 2).Value = c
Cells(6, 1).Value = d
End Sub
'array & variant data type
Sub testDataType2()
Dim a(4) As Variant
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a(0) = Cells(1, 1)
a(1) = Cells(1, 2)
a(2) = Cells(1, 3)
a(3) = Cells(1, 4)
a(4) = Cells(1, 5)
Cells(2, 1) = a(0)
Cells(2, 2) = a(1)
Cells(2, 3) = a(2)
Cells(2, 4) = a(3)
Cells(2, 5) = a(4)
End Sub
'if then
Sub testIfThen()
Dim x As Variant
x = Cells(7, 1)
If x > 10 Then
Cells(7, 2).Value = x + 10
Else
Cells(7, 2).Value = x - 10
End If
End Sub
' for loop & while loop
Sub testForLoop()
Dim i As Integer
For i = 1 To 100
Cells(9 + i, 1).Value = i
Next
i=1
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Do While i <= 100
Cells(9 + i, 3).Value = i
i=i+1
Loop
End Sub
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