Description:

Its one of my first questions when I started learning EXcel VBA, How to Read or Get Data from Worksheet Cell to VBA? To automate any thing in excel, first we need to read the data in Worksheet and based on that we can execute the next steps.

Read or Get Data from Worksheet Cell to VBA in Excel – Solution(s):

It is very simple to read the data from Excel to VBA. We can use Cell or Range Object to refer a Worksheet Cell.

Get Data from Worksheet Cell – An Example of using Cell Object

The following example will show you how to read or get the data from Worksheet Cell using Cell Object.

Example Codes

In this example I am reading the data from first Cell of the worksheet.

Sub sbGetCellData()

MsgBox Cells(1, 1)
'Here the first value is Row Value and the second one is column value 
'Cells(1, 1) means first row first column
End Sub

In this example I am reading the data from first row and fourth column of the worksheet.

Sub sbGetCellData1()

MsgBox Cells(1, 4)

End Sub

Here is sample picture, which helps you to understand this concepts. Any Row or Column number start with 1 and You have to specify Cell(RowNumber,ColumnNumber) to read the data from a Cell of the Worksheet.

Get Data from Worksheet Cell – An Example of using Range Object

The following example will show you how to read or get the data from Worksheet Cell or Range using Range Object.

Example Codes

In this example I am reading the data from first Cell of the worksheet.

Sub sbGetCellData2()

MsgBox Range("A1")
'Here you have to specify the Cell Name which you want to read - A is the Column and 1 is the Row

End Sub

Here is sample picture, which helps you to understand this concepts. If you select any cell in the worksheet, you can see the name of that cell in the Name Box.

Get Data from Worksheet Cell – Specifying the Parent Objects

When you are reading using Cell or Range object, it will read the data from Active Sheet. If you want to read the data from another sheet, you have to mention the sheet name while reading the data.

The below example is reading the data from Range A5 of Sheet2:

Sub sbGetCellData2()

MsgBox Sheets("Sheet2").Range("A5")
'Here the left side part is sheets to refer and the right side part is the range to read.

End Sub

In the same way you can mention the workbook name, if you are reading the data from different workbooks.