XL: Using Visual Basic to Multiply Cell Contents

• Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0c
• Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, versions 5.0, 5.0a
• Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

SUMMARY

This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that multiplies each cell in the currently-selected range by a user-supplied input and displays the results in the original cells on the active worksheet. The procedure then determines the number of rows and columns in the selection.

For example, if the currently-selected range is A1:C3, and you type 5 into the input box, the macro multiplies each cell in the range by 5.

MORE INFORMATION

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Sample Visual Basic Procedure

   Sub MultCellsInRange()
      Mult = InputBox("Enter the number to be used as the multiplier:")
      For Each xCell in Selection
         xCell.Value = xCell.Value * Mult
      Next xCell
   End Sub

REFERENCES

For additional information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q163435
   TITLE     : VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for
               Applications