Basic VBA with Example for Beginners

VBA stands for Visual Basic for Applications. It is a programming language that is built into Microsoft Office applications such as Excel, Word, and Access. It allows users to automate tasks, create custom functions and macros, and manipulate the application's objects and their properties. VBA enables users to create scripts that can perform repetitive tasks, interact with other applications, and even create custom user forms. VBA code can be written and edited using the built-in VBA Editor, and then executed using buttons, keyboard shortcuts, or other events within the Office application.

VBA, or Visual Basic for Applications, is a programming language that is built into Microsoft Office applications such as Excel, Word, and Access. It allows users to automate tasks and create custom functions and macros within these applications.

VBA code can be used to perform a wide range of tasks, such as:

• Automating repetitive tasks, such as data entry or data manipulation
• Interacting with other applications, such as pulling data from a database or web page
• Creating custom functions and macros to perform specific calculations or actions
• Manipulating the application's objects and their properties, such as formatting cells in a spreadsheet or controlling the layout of a Word document
• Creating custom user forms for data entry or user interaction

VBA code can be written and edited using the built-in VBA Editor, which is accessible through the developer tab in the ribbon of the Office application. Once the code is written, it can be executed using buttons, keyboard shortcuts, or other events within the Office application.

Here is an example of a basic VBA macro for Excel:

Sub AddTwoNumbers()

'This macro adds two numbers together

Dim num1 As Integer

Dim num2 As Integer

Dim result As Integer






End Sub


This macro prompts the user to enter two numbers, adds them together and display the result in a message box.


The first line, "Sub AddTwoNumbers()", starts the macro and gives it a name. The next lines are comments, which are ignored by the computer but can be helpful for explaining what the code does.


The next three lines, "Dim num1 As Integer", "Dim num2 As Integer", "Dim result As Integer", are used to define variables to store the numbers and the result.


The next lines, "num1 = InputBox("Enter the first number:")" and "num2 = InputBox("Enter the second number:")", are used to prompt the user to enter two numbers and store them in the "num1" and "num2" variables.


The next line, "result = num1 + num2", performs the calculation of adding the two numbers together and storing the result in the "result" variable.


The last line, "MsgBox "The result is: " & result", displays the result in a message box.


Finally, the last line, "End Sub", ends the macro.


This is just a basic example of what you can do with VBA in Excel. You can do many other things such as automating tasks, creating custom functions, and manipulating the application's objects and their properties.