Collection Vs Array

What is a Collection in VBA

In the realm of Visual Basic for application(VBA), a collection emerges as a versatile entity that ushers efficiency and structure into the world of data handling. Collections are your gateway to managing diverse sets of data, offering an organized approach even when faced with a voluminous array of elements....

Collection Vs Array

Arrays and collections both can be used to store data, however they have several notable differences:...

Scope of a Collection Object

When we talk about “Scope”, we refer to something that can be used. For a collection object, it’s like a special tool that’s there to help as long as your workbook is open. But this tool doesn’t stick around when you save your workbook and close it. If you open the workbook again later, yu ‘ll need to bring this tool back using VBA code....

Create a Collection, Add Items, and Access Items

Follow the below steps for simple collection object creation in VBA:...

Add Item to Collection

The Add method in a collection has 3 optional parameters – Key, Before, and After....

Remove an Item from the Collection

We can use the remove method to delete items from the collection...

Return a Collection from a Function

If you want to know to how to fetch a collection form a function, it’s quite similar to getting any other object. You just need to use the Set Keyword....

FAQs VBA Collections in Excel

What is a VBA collection in Excel? A VBA collection in Excel is a type of object that allows you to store and manage a group of related items, such as numbers, text, or other objects. Collections are useful for organizing and manipulating data in your VBA code....