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VBA Arrays

Arrays are used to store data of similar data


types. Suppose there are 300 students rather
than declaring 300 variables for students, we
can declare one array where we can store
300 elements. In this article, we will learn
about excel VBA arrays.
Declaration of Array
Declaring an array is similar to declaring a
variable in VBA. If we just mention, the size
of a variable in parenthesis, then the variable
becomes an array. For example, An array is
declared with the name of arr, of 50. Here,
the size of the array is 51, and the data type
is the currency.

Syntax: Dim arr(size_of_array) as data_type


Note: In other programming languages, like
C, C++, java script, python etc. If an array of
size n is created, then the indexes, range
from [0, n-1], where 0 and n-1 are included,
but in VBA by default, if an array of size n is
created, then the indexes, range from [0, n],
where 0 and n are included. Hence, VBA array
of declaration n, is ultimately an array of size
n+1.

Assigning Values to the Array


Assigning values means that an element is
set to the value. For example, an array name
arr of 50 is declared. Then a loop is passed
on the array, and each element of the array is
assigned the value 30.
Syntax: arr(index) = value
Changing Lower and Upper Bound
As, we discussed, above in a Note. That,
arr(50), has an array size 51. So, what if we
want to create an array of size 50, with 0-
based or 1-based indexing? For example, if
we want to change the lower bound from 0 to
1 then we can do it two ways:

Note: By default, the lower bound of an array


is 0, and the upper bound of an array is n.

Where,
Lower bound is the lowest index of the array,
Upper bound is the highest index of the
array.

Using “Option Base”


Option Base statement is written at the top
of the module to change the default index
from 0 to 1.
Using the “To” clause

We can, Explicitly, can set the lower bound


using the To clause. For example, arr(1 To
51), this array has a size of 50, with 1-based
indexing.
Storing values of Variant data types in
Arrays
Variant data types are those where any kind
of data type can be stored like string,
integer, date, etc. There are two methods, to
store values in variant data types in arrays:

Method 1

The size of the array is predefined, i.e. 3. For


example, an array of 2 is created. The value
of arr[0] is a string, arr[1] is also a string,
and arr[2] is a number.
Method 2
The size of the array is not predefined, and
the values are assigned, directly to the array.
Use, Array() function to achieve this. For
example, arr = Array(“Ayush”, “123 Ayush”,
123).

Using Multidimensional Arrays


Declaration of a Multidimensional Array
We can declare a 2-dimensional array, by
adding an additional size by comma
separation. For example, if we want to create
an array of 4 rows and 6 columns. Then the
array declaration could be, Dim arr(1 To 4, 1
To 6) As Currency.

Syntax: Dim arr(Rows, Columns) As data_type

Assigning Values to a Multidimensional Array


We will use a nested For Next loop to assign
the values in the multidimensional array. The
below Picture illustrates the nested for loop,
assigning of values in a multidimensional
array.

Syntax: arr(I, j) = value


Where,
I = index of the row,
J = index of the column,
Value = the value which has to be assigned.

Functions in Arrays
There are ten-plus in-built functions in an
array. These functions, help make our task
more handy and easy. Here, we will discuss
some of the most commonly used functions
in arrays in VBA.
Erase
The Erase function clears all the elements in
the array. For example, we have declared an
array of size 3, and assigned values to them.
Now, we want to erase all the elements in the
array, i.e. Erase arr.

Syntax: Erase Array_name

Where,
Array_name = It is the name of the array,
whose elements are to be deleted.
ReDim
The ReDim() function is used to change the
dimension of the array. For example, initially,
we declared an array of size 3, now we want
to reassign the value of dimension to 2 in the
array. The ReDim arr(1 To 2) can be used to
achieve this.
Syntax: ReDim Array_name(row, column)
Where,

Array_name = It is the name of the array, for


which the dimension has to be changed,
Row = number of rows to be reassigned,
Columns = number of columns to be
reassigned

Join
The Join() function is used to join the
elements of arrays into one variable. For
example, an array of size 3, is created, and
the values, assigned, to them are 10, 20, and
30. Now, if we want to concatenate, all the
elements. Then, Join(arr) function can be
used. The final output of the program will be
102030.

Syntax: Join(Array_name)

Where,

Array_name: It is the name of the array. For


example, arr in the below image.
Split
The Split() function, is used to split the string
into an array, using a delimiter as a
separator. For example, we have a string
month_12 = “april,may,june”, now, we want
to convert this string into an array, where
each element is the name of the month. We
can use Split(month_12, “,”), to achieve, this
task. The final array will be (april, may, june).

Syntax: Split(string, delimiter)


Where,
String = It is the string, from which the array
has to be created,

Delimiter = It is the separation parameter, on


which basis the string will break into the
array. For the below example, “,”(comma) is
the delimiter.
Array Declaration
Arrays are declared the same way a variable
has been declared except that the
declaration of an array variable uses
parenthesis. In the following example, the
size of the array is mentioned in the
brackets.

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