Application.Range property (Excel)

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03/30/2022

Returns a Range object that represents a cell or a range of cells.

Syntax

expression.Range (Cell1, Cell2)

expression A variable that represents an Application object.

Parameters

Name	Required/Optional	Data type	Description
Cell1	Required	Variant	The name of the range. This must be an A1-style reference in the language of the macro. It can include the range operator (a colon), the intersection operator (a space), or the union operator (a comma). It can also include dollar signs, but they are ignored. Use a local defined name in any part of the range. If you use a name, the name is assumed to be in the language of the macro.
Cell2	Optional	Variant	The cell in the upper-left and lower-right corner of the range. Can be a Range object that contains a single cell, an entire column, or entire row, or it can be a string that names a single cell in the language of the macro.

Remarks

When used without an object qualifier, this property is a shortcut for ActiveSheet.Range (it returns a range from the active sheet; if the active sheet isn't a worksheet, the property fails).

When applied to a Range object, the property is relative to the Range object. For example, if the selection is cell C3, Selection.Range("B1") returns cell D3 because it's relative to the Range object returned by the Selection property. On the other hand, the code ActiveSheet.Range("B1") always returns cell B1.

Example

This example sets the value of cell A1 on Sheet1 to 3.14159.

Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("A1").Value = 3.14159

This example creates a formula in cell A1 on Sheet1.

Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("A1").Formula = "=10*RAND()"

This example loops on cells A1:D10 on Sheet1. If one of the cells has a value less than 0.001, the code replaces that value with 0 (zero).

For Each c in Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("A1:D10") 
 If c.Value < .001 Then 
 c.Value = 0 
 End If 
Next c

This example loops on the range named TestRange and displays the number of empty cells in the range.

numBlanks = 0 
For Each c In Range("TestRange") 
 If c.Value = "" Then 
 numBlanks = numBlanks + 1 
 End If 
Next c 
MsgBox "There are " & numBlanks & " empty cells in this range"

This example sets the font style in cells A1:C5 on Sheet1 to italic. The example uses Syntax 2 of the Range property.

Worksheets("Sheet1").Range(Cells(1, 1), Cells(5, 3)). _ 
 Font.Italic = True

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