Using With statements

The With statement lets you specify an object or user-defined type once for an entire series of statements. With statements make your procedures run faster and help you avoid repetitive typing.

The following example fills a range of cells with the number 30, applies bold formatting, and sets the interior color of the cells to yellow.

Sub FormatRange() 
    With Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("A1:C10") 
        .Value = 30 
        .Font.Bold = True 
        .Interior.Color = RGB(255, 255, 0) 
    End With 
End Sub

With statements may also be nested. The following example inserts a formula into cell A1, and then formats the font.

Sub MyInput() 
    With Workbooks("Book1").Worksheets("Sheet1").Cells(1, 1) 
        .Formula = "=SQRT(50)" 
        With .Font 
            .Name = "Arial" 
            .Bold = True 
            .Size = 8 
        End With 
    End With 
End Sub

See also

• Visual Basic conceptual topics

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