Excel 2016 VBA and Macros

8. Arrays

In This Chapter

Declaring an Array

Declaring a Multidimensional Array

Filling an Array

Retrieving Data from an Array

Using Arrays to Speed Up Code

Using 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.

Declaring an Array

You declare an array by adding parentheses after the array name and specifying the number of array elements in the parentheses:

Dim myArray(2) ...