5. Looping and Flow Control

IN THIS CHAPTER

For...Next Loops

Do Loops

The VBA Loop: For Each

Flow Control: Using If...Then...Else and Select Case

Loops are a fundamental component of any programming language. If you’ve taken any programming classes, even BASIC, you’ve likely encountered a For...Next loop. Fortunately, VBA supports all the usual loops, plus a special loop that is excellent to use with VBA.

This chapter covers the basic loop constructs:

• For...Next

• Do...While

• Do...Until

• While...Loop

• Until...Loop

This chapter also discusses the useful loop construct that is unique to object-oriented languages:

• For Each...Next

For...Next Loops

For and Next are common loop constructs. Everything between For and Next is run multiple ...

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