VBA Examples

Macros are your best friend when it comes to increasing productivity or saving time at your workplace. From small to big tasks, we can automate by using the VBA coding language. We know often you might have thought of some of the limitations Excel has but with VBA coding, you can eliminate all of those. If you struggled with VBA and are still a beginner in this article, we will give some useful examples of VBA Macro code in Excel.

1. Print All Sheet Names
2. Insert Different Color Index in VBA
3. Insert Serial Number From Top
4. Insert Serial Number From Bottom
5. Insert Serial Number From 10 to 1
6. Insert Worksheets as Much as You want
7. Delete All Blank Worksheets From the Workbook
8. Insert Blank Row After Every Other Row
9. Highlight Spelling Mistake
10. Change All To Upper Case Characters
11. Change All To Lower Case Characters
12. Highlight All the Commented Cells
13. Highlight All the Blank Cells
14. Hide All Sheets Except One Sheet
15. Unhide All Sheets
16. Delete All Files in the Folder
17. Delete Entire Folder
18. Find the Last Used Row in the Sheet
19. Find the Last Used Column in the Sheet

Let's see each of these examples in detail.

#1 - Print All Sheet Names

Code:

Sub Print_Sheet_Names()

  Dim i As Integer

  For i = 1 To Sheets.Count
   Cells(i, 1).Value = Sheets(i).Name
  Next i

End Sub

It will extract all the sheet names to the active sheet.

#2 - Insert Different Color Index in VBA

Code:

Sub Insert_Different_Colours()

  Dim i As Integer

  For i = 1 To 56
   Cells(i, 1).Value = i
   Cells(i, 2).Interior.ColorIndex = i
  Next

End Sub

It will insert numbers from 1 to 56 and their color index in the next column.

#3 - Insert Serial Number From Top

Code:

Sub Insert_Numbers_From_Top()

  Dim i As Integer

  For i = 1 To 10
    Cells(i, 1).Value = i
  Next i

End Sub

It will insert serial numbers from 1 to 10 from the top.

#4 - Insert Serial Number From Bottom

Code:

Sub Insert_Numbers_From_Bottom()

  Dim i As Integer

  For i = 20 To 1 Step -1
   Cells(i, 7).Value = i
  Next i

End Sub

It will insert serial numbers from 1 to 20 from the bottom.

#5 - Insert Serial Number From 10 to 1

Code:

Sub Ten_To_One()

 Dim i As Integer
 Dim j As Integer

 j = 10

 For i = 1 To 10
 Range("A" & i).Value = j
 j = j - 1
 Next i

End Sub

It will insert serial numbers from 10 to 1 from the top.

#6 - Insert Worksheets as Much as You want

Code:

Sub AddSheets()

 Dim ShtCount As Integer, i As Integer

 ShtCount = Application.InputBox("How Many Sheets you would like to insert?",
 "Add Sheets", , , , , , 1)

 If ShtCount = False Then
  Exit Sub
 Else
   For i = 1 To ShtCount
   Worksheets.Add
   Next i
 End If
End Sub

It will ask you to enter the number of worksheets you would like to insert. Just specify the number in the input box and click on "OK." It will insert those many sheets immediately.

#7 - Delete All Blank Worksheets From the Workbook

Code:

Sub Delete_Blank_Sheets()

 Dim ws As Worksheet

 Application.DisplayAlerts = False
 Application.ScreenUpdating = False

 For Each ws In ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets

 If WorksheetFunction.CountA(ws.UsedRange) = 0 Then
 ws.Delete
 End If
 Next ws

 Application.DisplayAlerts = True
 Application.ScreenUpdating = True

End Sub

It will delete all the blank worksheets from the workbook we are working on.

#8 - Insert Blank Row After Every Other Row

Code:

Sub Insert_Row_After_Every_Other_Row()

 Dim rng As Range
 Dim CountRow As Integer
 Dim i As Integer

 Set rng = Selection
 CountRow = rng.EntireRow.Count

 For i = 1 To CountRow
   ActiveCell.EntireRow.Insert
   ActiveCell.Offset(2, 0).Select
 Next i
End Sub

For this, first, you need to select the range where you would like to insert alternative blank rows.

#9 - Highlight Spelling Mistake

Code:

Sub Chech_Spelling_Mistake()

  Dim MySelection As Range

  For Each MySelection In ActiveSheet.UsedRange
  If Not Application.CheckSpelling(Word:=MySelection.Text) Then
    MySelection.Interior.Color = vbRed
  End If
  Next MySelection

End Sub

First, select the data and run the VBA code. It will highlight the cells which have spelling mistakes.

#10 - Change All To Upper Case Characters

Code:

Sub Change_All_To_UPPER_Case()

  Dim Rng As Range

  For Each Rng In Selection.Cells
   If Rng.HasFormula = False Then
     Rng.Value = UCase(Rng.Value)
   End If
  Next Rng

End Sub

First, select the data and run the code. It will convert all the text values to upper case characters.

#11 - Change All To Lower Case Characters

Code:

Sub Change_All_To_LOWER_Case()

  Dim Rng As Range

  For Each Rng In Selection.Cells
   If Rng.HasFormula = False Then
     Rng.Value = LCase(Rng.Value)
   End If
  Next Rng

End Sub

First, select the data and run the code. It will convert all the text values to lower case characters in excel.

#12 - Highlight All the Commented Cells

Code:

Sub HighlightCellsWithCommentsInActiveWorksheet()

 ActiveSheet.UsedRange.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeComments).Interior.ColorIndex = 4

End Sub

Result: 

#13 - Highlight All the Blank Cells

Code:

Sub Highlight_Blank_Cells()

  Dim DataSet As Range
  Set DataSet = Selection

  DataSet.Cells.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeBlanks).Interior.Color = vbGreen

End Sub

First, select the data range and run the code. It will highlight all the blank cells with green color.

#14 - Hide All Sheets Except One Sheet

Code:

Sub Hide_All_Except_One()

 Dim Ws As Worksheet

 For Each Ws In ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets
  If Ws.Name <> "Main Sheet" Then Ws.Visible = xlSheetVeryHidden
 Next Ws

End Sub

The above code hides all the sheets except the sheet named "Main Sheet." You can change the worksheet name as per your wish.

#15 - Unhide All Sheets

Code:

Sub UnHide_All()
 
  Dim Ws As Worksheet

  For Each Ws In ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets
    Ws.Visible = xlSheetVisible
  Next Ws

End Sub

It will unhide all the hidden sheets.

#16 - Delete All Files in the Folder

Code:

Sub Delete_All_Files()

'You can use this to delete all the files in the folder Test ''

On Error Resume Next

Kill "C:UsersAdmin_2.Dell-PcDesktopDelete Folder*.*"

On Error GoTo 0

End Sub

Change the folder path marked in red as per your folder deletion.

#17 - Delete Entire Folder

Code:

Sub Delete_Whole_Folder()

'You can use this to delete entire folder On Error Resume Next

Kill "C:UsersAdmin_2.Dell-PcDesktopDelete Folder*.*"

'Firstly it will delete all the files in the folder

'Then below code will delete the entire folder if it is empty

RmDir "C:UsersAdmin_2.Dell-PcDesktopDelete Folder"

'Note: RmDir delete only a empty folder

On Error

GoTo 0

End Sub

Change the folder path marked in red as per your folder deletion.

#18 - Find the Last Used Row in the Sheet

Code:

Sub Last_Row()

  Dim LR As Long

  LR = Cells(Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Row
  MsgBox LR

End Sub

Here, we find the last used row in the sheet.

#19 - Find the Last Used Column in the Sheet

Code:

Sub Last_Column()

  Dim LC As Long

  LC = Cells(1, Columns.Count).End(xlToLeft).Column
  MsgBox LC

End Sub

Here, we find the last used column in the sheet.

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