Simple VBA procedures in Excel - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to start a VBA procedure named MyMacro.

Excel

Sub [1]()
    ' Your code here
End Sub

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AMacro1

BStartMacro

CRunMacro

DMyMacro

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Common Mistakes

Using spaces in the procedure name

Starting the procedure without Sub

Using reserved words as names

The Sub keyword starts a VBA procedure, and the name follows it. Here, MyMacro is the procedure name.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to display a message box with the text "Hello World".

Excel

Sub ShowMessage()
    [1] "Hello World"
End Sub

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AShowMsg

BMessageBox

CMsgBox

DDisplay

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Common Mistakes

Using incorrect command names like MessageBox

Forgetting to put the message text in quotes

Missing parentheses (optional in VBA but recommended)

MsgBox is the VBA command to show a message box with a message.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the code to correctly assign the value 10 to cell A1 in the active worksheet.

Excel

Sub SetValue()
    ActiveSheet.Range("A1").[1] = 10
End Sub

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AText

BValue

CContent

DSet

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Common Mistakes

Using Set which is a VBA keyword but not a property

Using Content which is not a valid property

Trying to assign value to Text property

The Value property sets or returns the value of a cell. This is the correct way to assign a value.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a procedure that loops from 1 to 5 and shows each number in a message box.

Excel

Sub ShowNumbers()
    Dim i As Integer
    For [1] = 1 To 5
        MsgBox [2]
    Next i
End Sub

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Ai

Bj

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3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using different variable names in the loop and message box

Using undeclared variables

Forgetting to declare the variable

The loop variable i is declared and used in the For loop and inside the MsgBox to show the current number.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to create a procedure that sums numbers from 1 to 10 and shows the result.

Excel

Sub SumNumbers()
    Dim total As Integer
    total = 0
    Dim [1] As Integer
    For [2] = 1 To 10
        total = total + [3]
    Next [2]
    MsgBox total
End Sub

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Ai

Dj

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using different variable names in declaration and loop

Forgetting to declare the loop variable

Using undeclared variables in the sum

The variable i is declared and used as the loop counter and added to total each time.