Excel® 2013 VBA and Macros

8. Arrays

In This Chapter

Declare an Array

Declare a Multidimensional Array

Fill an Array

Retrieve Data from an Array

Use Arrays to Speed Up Code

Use Dynamic Arrays

Passing an Array

Next Steps

An array is a type of variable that can be used to hold more than one piece of data. For example, if you have to work with the name and address of a client, your first thought might be to assign one variable for the name and another for the address of the client. Instead, consider using an array, which can hold both pieces of information—and not for just one client, but for hundreds.

Declare an Array

Declare an array by adding parentheses after the array name. The parentheses contain the number of elements in the array:

Dim myArray (2)

This creates an ...