I am trying to create a dynamic number of variables in VBA based on the value in a cell.
Essentially what I’d like to end up with is something like Team1, Team2... to TeamX
.
Any help is greatly appreciated
Dim i, x As Integer
Set x = Range("J4").Value
Dim Team(1 To x) As String
Dim Manager(1 To x) As String
Range("A3").Select
For i = 1 To x
Dim Team(i) As Integer
4
A dictionary would probably help in this case, it’s designed for scripting, and while it won’t let you create “dynamic” variables, the dictionary’s items are dynamic, and can serve similar purpose as “variables”.
Dim Teams as Object
Set Teams = CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary")
For i = 1 To x
Teams(i) = "some value"
Next
Later, to query the values, just call on the item like:
MsgBox Teams(i)
Dictionaries contain key/value pairs, and the keys must be unique. Assigning to an existing key will overwrite its value, e.g.:
Teams(3) = "Detroit"
Teams(3) = "Chicago"
Debug.Print Teams(3) '## This will print "Chicago"
You can check for existence using the .Exist
method if you need to worry about overwriting or not.
If Not Teams.Exist(3) Then
Teams(3) = "blah"
Else:
'Teams(3) already exists, so maybe we do something different here
End If
You can get the number of items in the dictionary with the .Count
method.
MsgBox "There are " & Teams.Count & " Teams.", vbInfo
A dictionary’s keys must be integer or string, but the values can be any data type (including arrays, and even Object
data types, like Collection
, Worksheet
, Application
, nested Dictionaries, etc., using the Set
keyword), so for instance you could dict the worksheets in a workbook:
Dim ws as Worksheet, dict as Object
Set dict = CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary")
For each ws in ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets
Set dict(ws.Name) = ws
Next
This will get you started. But before you start I recommend watching these WiseOwlTutorials tutorial on Youtube:
- Selecting Cells (Range, Cells, Activecell, End, Offset)
- Worksheets, Charts and Sheets
- Variables
- Arrays
Dim i, x As Integer x = Range("J4").Value Dim Team() As Integer Dim Manager() As String ReDim Team(1 To x) As Integer ReDim Manager(1 To x) As String Range("A3").Select For i = 1 To x Team(i) = i Next