 VBA Subs

 Procedures
 Functions
 Executing a Sub
 Create and Edit VBA Subs
 Understand the difference between VBA
procedures and functions
 Understand VBA procedure subs
 Understand VBA function subs
 Understand how VBA subs are executed
 A unit of programming code that is used to
perform some action
◦ One or more subs in a VBA module
◦ Created by:
 Recording a macro
 Manually creating a macro
 Select Procedure from the Insert Menu of the VBE
 Give the sub a name
 Select Procedure or Function
 Select Public or Private (usually Public)
 Click OK
 A unit of programming code that is used to
perform some action
◦ Named using rules similar to naming variables
 Function subs cannot have a name that looks like a cell
address (i.e. A23) so that Excel will not confuse the
sub name with a reference to a cell.
◦ May include one or more parameters
 A VBA sub that performs a task, but does not
return a value to the caller

Sub selectionLocation()
' This sub displays the row and column of upper left corner of the
current selection in a message box

Dim msg As String

msg = "The address is " & ActiveCell.Address
MsgBox msg

End Sub
 A VBA Sub that performs some calculation(s) and
returns a result to the caller
 Value is returned by ‘assigning’ a value to the
function name

Function sayHi() as String

sayHi = "Hello World"

End Function
 Running a sub procedure directly from the
VBE
◦ Press F5 key or
◦ Choose Run Sub/UserForm from Run Menu or
◦ Choose run from the Macro dialog box
 Using a shortcut key
◦ Define a shortcut key for a sub using the options
button on the Macro dialog box
◦ Click the shortcut key to execute the procedure
◦ Be careful what shortcuts you assign as they
override Excel shortcuts (i.e. ctrl-c)
 From another Sub
◦ ‘Call’ subname

Sub mainSub()
Call selectionLocation()
End Sub
 From a spreadsheet cell formula
 Calling it from another sub
 Calling it from the Immediate Window
 From a spreadsheet cell formula
◦ i.e.
 Formula for cell c5:
 = sayHi()
 Formula will place the returned value into the cell C5
 Calling from another sub

Sub mainSub()
Dim functionResponse as String
functionResponse = sayHi()
End Sub
 Calling from the Immediate Window
 Type ? Followed by the function name
◦ The ? Instructs VBA to execute the function

?sayHi()