VBA Find Next

Like in Excel, when we press CTRL + F, a wizard box pops up, allowing us to search for a value in the given worksheet. Once we find the value, we click on "Find Next" to find the other similar value. As it is a worksheet feature, we can also use it in VBA as the Application property method as application.findnext for the same purposes.

Finding the specific value in the mentioned range is fine, but what if the requirement is to find the value with multiple occurrences? In one of the earlier articles, we discussed the "Find" method in VBA. It is not complex, but finding all the repetitive occurrences is possible only with the "FindNext" method in Excel VBA.

This article will show you how to use this "Find Next" in Excel VBA.

As the word says, "Find Next" means from the found cell, keep searching for the next value until it returns to the original cell where we started the search.

The advanced version of the "Find" method searches only once the mentioned value is in the range.

Below is the syntax of the FINDNEXT method in Excel VBA.

After: It is the word that we are searching for.

Below are examples of finding the next method in Excel VBA.

Look at the below data.

Step #1 - In this data, we need to find the city name “Bangalore.” Let’s start the sub procedure in the visual basic editor.

Code:

Sub RangeNext_Example()

End Sub

Step #2 - First, declare the variable as a “Range” object.

Code:

Sub RangeNext_Example()

 Dim Rng As Range

End Sub

Step #3 - Set the reference for the object variable as “Range(“A2: A11”).

Code:

Sub RangeNext_Example()

 Dim Rng As Range
 Set Rng = Range("A2:A12")

End Sub

Since our data of the city list is in the range of cells from A2 to A11, only we will search for the city "Bangalore."

Since we set the range reference to the variable “Rng,” we use this variable instead of using RANGE(“A2: A11”) every time.

Step #4 - Use the RNG variable and open the Find method.

Code:

Sub RangeNext_Example()

 Dim Rng As Range
 Set Rng = Range("A2:A12")
 Rng.Find

End Sub

Step #5 - The first argument of the FIND method is “What,” i.e., what we are trying to search in the mentioned range, so the value we are searching is “Bangalore.”

Code:

Sub RangeNext_Example()

 Dim Rng As Range
 Set Rng = Range("A2:A12")
 Rng.Find What:="Bangalore"

End Sub

Step #6 - To show which cell we found this value in, declare one more variable as a string.

Code:

Sub RangeNext_Example()

 Dim Rng As Range
 Dim CellAdderess As String

 Set Rng = Range("A2:A12")
 Rng.Find What:="Bangalore"

End Sub

Step #7 - For this variable, assign the found cell address.

Code:

Sub RangeNext_Example()

  Dim Rng As Range
  Dim CellAdderess As String

  Set Rng = Range("A2:A12").Find(What:="Bangalore")
  Rng.Find What:="Bangalore"

  CellAddress = Rng.Address

End Sub

Note: RNG. Address because RNG will have the reference for the found value cell.

Step #8 - Now show the assigned cell address variable result in the message box in VBA.

Sub RangeNext_Example()

 Dim Rng As Range
 Dim CellAdderess As String

 Set Rng = Range("A2:A12").Find(What:="Bangalore")
 Rng.Find What:="Bangalore"

 CellAddress = Rng.Address
 MsgBox CellAddress

End Sub

Step #9 - Run the code and see what we get here.

So we have found the value "Bangalore" in cell A5. However, we can find only one cell with the Find method, so instead of FIND, we need to use FINDNEXT in Excel VBA.

Step #10 - We need to reference the range object variable using the FINDNEXT method in Excel VBA.

Code:

Sub RangeNext_Example()

 Dim Rng As Range
 Dim CellAdderess As String
 Set Rng = Range("A2:A12").Find(What:="Bangalore")
 Rng.Find What:="Bangalore"

 CellAddress = Rng.Address
 MsgBox CellAddress

 Set Rng = Range("A2:A12").FindNext(Rng)

End Sub

As you can see above, we have used the VBA FINDNEXT method, but inside the function, we have used a range object variable name.

Step #11 - Now again, assign the cell address and show the address in the message box.

Code:

Sub RangeNext_Example()

 Dim Rng As Range
 Dim CellAdderess As String
 Set Rng = Range("A2:A12").Find(What:="Bangalore")
 Rng.Find What:="Bangalore"

 CellAddress = Rng.Address
 MsgBox CellAddress

 Set Rng = Range("A2:A12").FindNext(Rng)
 CellAddress = Rng.Address
 MsgBox CellAddress

End Sub

Step #12 - Run the macro and see what we get in the first message box.

Step #13 - The first message box shows the value "Bangalore" found in cell A5. Click on the "OK" button to see the next found value.

The second value found is in the A7 cell. Press "OK" to continue.

VBA Find Next (Using Loop)

It will exit the VBA subprocedure, but we are one more to be found in cell A10. When we find the values in more than one cell, it is better to use loops.

In this case, too, we have value “Bangalore” in more than one cell, so we need to include loops here.

Step #14 - First, declare two variables as the range.

Code:

Sub RangeNext_Example1()

 Dim Rng As Range
 Dim FindRng As Range

End Sub

Step #15 - Set the reference for the first variable, as shown below.

Code:

Sub RangeNext_Example1()

 Dim Rng As Range
 Dim FindRng As Range

 Set Rng = Range("A2:A11").Find(What:="Bangalore")

End Sub

Step #16 - Set the reference using the FIND VBA function for the second variable.

Sub RangeNext_Example1()

 Dim Rng As Range
 Dim FindRng As Range

 Set Rng = Range("A2:A11").Find(What:="Bangalore")
 Set FindRng = Rng.FindNext("Bangalore")

End Sub

Step #17 - Before we start searching for the value, we need to identify from which cell we start the search, which declares the variable as a string.

Code:

Sub RangeNext_Example1()

 Dim Rng As Range
 Dim FindRng As Range

 Set Rng = Range("A2:A11").Find(What:="Bangalore")
 Set FindRng = Rng.FindNext("Bangalore")

 Dim FirstCell As String
 FirstCell = Rng.Address

End Sub

Step #18 - For this variable, assign the first cell address.

Code:

Sub RangeNext_Example1()

 Dim Rng As Range
 Dim FindRng As Range

 Set Rng = Range("A2:A11")
 Set FindRng = Rng.Find(What:="Bangalore")

 Dim FirstCell As String
 FirstCell = Rng.Address

End Sub

Step #19 - We need to include the "Do While" loop to loop through all the cells and find the searching value.

Code:

Sub RangeNext_Example1()

 Dim Rng As Range
 Dim FindRng As Range

 Set Rng = Range("A2:A11").Find(What:="Bangalore")
 Set FindRng = Rng.FindNext("Bangalore")

 Dim FirstCell As String
 FirstCell = Rng.Address

 Do
 Loop While FirstCell <> Cell.Address

End Sub

Inside the loop, mention the message box and VBA FINDNEXT method.

Step #20 - Below is the complete code for you.

Code:

Sub FindNext_Example()

 Dim FindValue As String
 FindValue = "Bangalore"

 Dim Rng As Range
 Set Rng = Range("A2:A11")

 Dim FindRng As Range
 Set FindRng = Rng.Find(What:=FindValue)

 Dim FirstCell As String
 FirstCell = FindRng.Address

 Do
  MsgBox FindRng.Address
  Set FindRng = Rng.FindNext(FindRng)
  Loop While FirstCell <> FindRng.Address

 MsgBox "Search is over"

End Sub

Step #21 - This will keep showing all the matching cell addresses, and in the end, it will show the message "Search is Over" in the new message box.

• The FIND method can find only one value at a time.
• The FINDNEXT method in Excel VBA can find the next value from the already found value cell.
• We must use the Do While loop to loop through all the cells in the range.