2. This Sounds Like BASIC, So Why Doesn’t It Look Familiar?
In This Chapter
Understanding the Parts of VBA “Speech”
Examining Recorded Macro Code: Using the VB Editor and Help
Using Debugging Tools to Figure Out Recorded Code
Object Browser: The Ultimate Reference
I Can’t Understand This Code
As mentioned in Chapter 1, “Unleashing the Power of Excel with VBA,” if you have taken a class in a procedural language such as BASIC or COBOL, you might be confused when you look at VBA code. Even though VBA stands for Visual Basic for Applications, it is an object-oriented version of BASIC. Here is a bit of VBA code:
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