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To continue code onto the next line in VBA, you must use the line continuation character (_). You place the _ at the end of the line, preceded by a space, and it allows the code to continue on the next line. For example, a long mathematical formula or code statement can be split across multiple lines by placing underscores at the points where you want to break the line. The underscores must be preceded by a space and followed by a line break.

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To continue code onto the next line in VBA, you must use the line continuation character (_). You place the _ at the end of the line, preceded by a space, and it allows the code to continue on the next line. For example, a long mathematical formula or code statement can be split across multiple lines by placing underscores at the points where you want to break the line. The underscores must be preceded by a space and followed by a line break.

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12/7/2017 excel - How to continue the code on the next line in VBA - Stack Overflow

How to continue the code on the next line in VBA

I would like to type the mathematical forumla in VBA code which many lines. I would like to split it into many lines.
How do I do it?

For example:

U_matrix(i, j, n + 1) = k * b_xyt(xi, yi, tn) / (4 * hx * hy) * U_matrix(i + 1, j + 1, n)


+ (k * (a_xyt(xi, yi, tn) / hx ^ 2 + d_xyt(xi, yi, tn) / (2 * hx)))

is very long. would like to split it.

Tried this:

U_matrix(i, j, n + 1) = k * b_xyt(xi, yi, tn) / (4 * hx * hy) * U_matrix(i + 1, j + 1, n)


_+ (k * (a_xyt(xi, yi, tn) / hx ^ 2 + d_xyt(xi, yi, tn) / (2 * hx)))

But not working.. Need some guidance on this..

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asked Apr 4 '14 at 5:37


lakesh
14.1k 40 123 218

Does it matter if the "_" is on the previous line? – RichS Apr 4 '14 at 5:41

3 Answers

To have newline in code you use _

Example:

Dim a As Integer
a = 500 _
+ 80 _
+ 90

MsgBox a

edited Nov 10 at 13:46 answered Apr 4 '14 at 5:46


Brad Solomon Stokke
5,283 3 12 46 798 7 13

(i, j, n + 1) = k * b_xyt(xi, yi, tn) / (4 * hx * hy) * U_matrix(i + 1, j + 1, n) + _


(k * (a_xyt(xi, yi, tn) / hx ^ 2 + d_xyt(xi, yi, tn) / (2 * hx)))

From ms support

To continue a statement from one line to the next, type a space followed by the line-
continuation character [the underscore character on your keyboard (_)].

You can break a line at an operator, list separator, or period.

answered Apr 4 '14 at 5:46


helix
361 1 14

In VBA (and VB.NET) the line terminator (carriage return) is used to signal the end of a
statement. To break long statements into several lines, you need to

Use the line-continuation character, which is an underscore (_), at the point at which you
want the line to break. The underscore must be immediately preceded by a space and
immediately followed by a line terminator (carriage return).

(From How to: Break and Combine Statements in Code)

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12/7/2017 excel - How to continue the code on the next line in VBA - Stack Overflow

In other words: Whenever the interpreter encounters the sequence <space> _ <line
terminator> , it is ignored and parsing continues on the next line. Note, that even when ignored,
the line continuation still acts as a token separator, so it cannot be used in the middle of a
variable name, for example. You also cannot continue a comment by using a line-continuation
character.

To break the statement in your question into several lines you could do the following:

U_matrix(i, j, n + 1) = _
k * b_xyt(xi, yi, tn) / (4 * hx * hy) * U_matrix(i + 1, j + 1, n) + _
(k * (a_xyt(xi, yi, tn) / hx ^ 2 + d_xyt(xi, yi, tn) / (2 * hx)))

(Leading whitespaces are ignored.)

answered Jan 19 '16 at 16:50


IInspectable
21.4k 3 32 73

Upvoted for explanation in addition to answer. Commenting to add that there is an additional step if you're
trying to break up a string. If you want to have a string on two lines you need to close the quote; add an
ampersand(&), space, and underscore(_); and start the new line with another quote. Remember to include a
trailing space or leading space or you'll end up with a word mash where the two strings join. – PC_Goldman
Oct 5 at 14:06

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