Question

If I have an auto filter set up in Excel and I want to loop through all the visible data in one column with VBA code, what’s the easiest way to do this?

All the hidden rows that have been filtered away should not be included, so a plain Range from top to bottom doesn’t help.

Any good ideas?

Answer 1

Suppose I have numbers 1 to 10 in cells A2:A11 with my autofilter in A1. I now filter to only show numbers greater than 5 (i.e. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10).

This code will only print visible cells:

Sub SpecialLoop()
    Dim cl As Range, rng As Range
    
    Set rng = Range("A2:A11")
    
    For Each cl In rng
        If cl.EntireRow.Hidden = False Then //Use Hidden property to check if filtered or not
            Debug.Print cl
        End If
    Next

End Sub

Perhaps there is a better way with SpecialCells but the above worked for me in Excel 2003.

EDIT

Just found a better way with SpecialCells:

Sub SpecialLoop()
    Dim cl As Range, rng As Range
    
    Set rng = Range("A2:A11")
    
    For Each cl In rng.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeVisible)
        Debug.Print cl
    Next cl

End Sub