XL: How to Count Rows Displayed After Data Has Been Filtered

Last reviewed: February 3, 1998
Article ID: Q148621

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition
  • Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0c
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows NT, version 5.0
  • Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, versions 5.0, 5.0a

SUMMARY

This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications procedure that counts the number of rows that remain after you run AutoFilter or Advanced Filter on a list.

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This macro returns the number of rows in a list that remain visible after you run AutoFilter or Advanced Filter.

   Sub Count_Filtered_Rows()
       Dim UpperLeftCorner As Range

       ' UpperLeftCorner should be set to the upper-left
       ' corner of the list range:
       Set UpperLeftCorner = Sheets("Sheet1").Range("A1")

       rowcount = -1
       For Each area In _
           UpperLeftCorner.CurrentRegion.SpecialCells(xlVisible).Areas
           rowcount = rowcount + area.Rows.Count
       Next
       MsgBox rowcount
   End Sub


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Last reviewed: February 3, 1998
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