Keywords (Visual Basic for Applications)

Keyword	Used in these contexts
As	Const statement Declare statement Dim statement Function statement Name statement Open statement Private statement Property Get statement Property Let statement Property Set statement Public statement ReDim statement Static statement Sub statement Type statement
Binary	Open statement Option Compare statement
ByRef	Call statement Declare statement Function statement Property Get statement Property Let statement Property Set statement Sub statement
ByVal	Call statement Declare statement Function statement Property Get statement Property Let statement Property Set statement Sub statement
Date	Date data type Date function Date statement
Else	If...Then...Else statement Select Case statement
Empty	Used as a Variant subtype that indicates an uninitialized variable value.
Error	Error function Error statement On Error statement
False	Has a value equal to 0.
For	For...Next statement For Each...Next statement Open statement
Friend	See Friend.
Get	Get statement Property Get statement
Input	Input function Input # statement Line Input # statement Open statement
Is	If...Then...Else statement Is operator Select Case statement
Len	Len function Open statement
Let	Let statement Property Let statement
Lock	Lock, Unlock statements Open statement
Me	See Me.
Mid	Mid function Mid statement
New	Dim statement Private statement Public statement Set statement Static statement
Next	For...Next statement For Each...Next statement On Error statement Resume statement
Nothing	See Nothing.
Null	Used as a Variant subtype that indicates that a variable contains no valid data.
On	On Error statement On...GoSub statement On...GoTo statement
Option	Option Base statement Option Compare statement Option Explicit statement Option Private statement
Optional	Declare statement Function statement Property Get statement Property Let statement Property Set statement Sub statement
ParamArray	Declare statement Function statement Property Get statement Property Let statement Property Set statement Sub statement
Print	Print method Print # statement
Private	Const statement Declare statement Enum statement Function statement Option Private statement Private statement Property Get statement Property Let statement Property Set statement Sub statement Type statement
Property	Property Get statement Property Let statement Property Set statement
PtrSafe	See PtrSafe.
Public	Const statement Declare statement Enum statement Event statement Function statement Property Get statement Property Let statement Property Set statement Public statement Sub statement Type statement
Resume	On Error statement Resume statement
Seek	Seek function Seek statement
Set	Set statement Property Set statement
Static	Function statement Property Get statement Property Let statement Property Set statement Static statement Sub statement
Step	For...Next statement For Each...Next statement
String	String data type String function
Then	If...Then...Else directive If...Then...Else statement
Time	Time function Time statement
To	Dim statement For...Next statement Lock, Unlock statements Private statement Public statement ReDim statement Select Case statement Static statement Type statement
True	Has a value equal to -1.
WithEvents	Dim statement Private statement Public statement

See also

• Keywords by task
• VBE Glossary

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