XL: Macro to Loop Through All Worksheets in a Workbook

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

SUMMARY

This article contains a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that loops through all the worksheets in the active workbook. This macro also displays the name of each worksheet.

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1. Type the following macro code into a new module sheet.

         Sub WorksheetLoop()
   
            Dim WS_Count As Integer
            Dim I As Integer
   
            ' Set WS_Count equal to the number of worksheets in the active
            ' workbook.
            WS_Count = ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets.Count
   
            ' Begin the loop.
            For I = 1 To WS_Count
   
               ' Insert your code here.
               ' The following line shows how to reference a sheet within
               ' the loop by displaying the worksheet name in a dialog box.
               MsgBox ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets(I).Name
   
            Next I
   
         End Sub
   
   

2. To run the macro, position the insertion point in the line that reads "Sub WorksheetLoop()," and press F5.

You can also loop through all of the worksheets in the workbook by using a 'For Each' loop.

1. Enter the following macro code into a new module sheet.

         Sub WorksheetLoop2()
   
            ' Declare Current as a worksheet object variable.
            Dim Current As Worksheet
   
            ' Loop through all of the worksheets in the active workbook.
            For Each Current In Worksheets
   
               ' Insert your code here.
               ' This line displays the worksheet name in a message box.
               MsgBox Current.Name
            Next
   
         End Sub
   
   

2. To run the macro, position the insertion point in the line that reads "Sub WorksheetLoop2()," and press F5.

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