Question

Using Excel (2010) VBA, I am trying to copy (pass) a constant range of cells (whose values recalculate) to an array. Then I am trying to pass that array to a new range of cells, directly below it. After I have done this, I want to again copy (pass) the constant range’s new values to the array, and pass these new values to a range directly below the one I previously passed.

I know this code is atrocious (I am new to arrays in VBA).

Sub ARRAYER()

Dim anARRAY(5) As Variant

Number_of_Sims = 10

For i = 1 To Number_of_Sims
   anARRAY = Range("C4:G4")
   Range("C4").Select
   ActiveCell.Offset(Number_of_Sims, 0).Select
   ActiveCell = anARRAY
   Range("C4").Select
Next

End Sub

I sure do appreciate your help!

Thank you.

Respectfully,

Jonathan

Answer 1

You are off slightly on a few things here, so hopefully the following helps.

Firstly, you don’t need to select ranges to access their properties, you can just specify their address etc. Secondly, unless you are manipulating the values within the range, you don’t actually need to set them to a variant. If you do want to manipulate the values, you can leave out the bounds of the array as it will be set when you define the range.

It’s also good practice to use Option Explicit at the top of your modules to force variable declaration.

The following will do what you are after:

Sub ARRAYER()
    Dim Number_of_Sims As Integer, i As Integer

    Number_of_Sims = 10

    For i = 1 To Number_of_Sims
       'Do your calculation here to update C4 to G4
       Range(Cells(4 + i, "C"), Cells(4 + i, "G")).Value = Range("C4:G4").Value
    Next
End Sub

If you do want to manipulate the values within the array then do this:

Sub ARRAYER()
    Dim Number_of_Sims As Integer, i As Integer
    Dim anARRAY as Variant

    Number_of_Sims = 10

    For i = 1 To Number_of_Sims
       'Do your calculation here to update C4 to G4
       anARRAY= Range("C4:G4").Value

       'You can loop through the array and manipulate it here

       Range(Cells(4 + i, "C"), Cells(4 + i, "G")).Value = anARRAY
    Next
End Sub