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Chapter 1.2 - Swap Values

This document provides an example of how to swap the values of two cells in Excel using VBA macros. It explains the steps to declare a temporary variable to store the value of one cell, assign the value of the other cell to the first, and then assign the temporary value to the other cell, effectively swapping the values.

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Chapter 1.2 - Swap Values

This document provides an example of how to swap the values of two cells in Excel using VBA macros. It explains the steps to declare a temporary variable to store the value of one cell, assign the value of the other cell to the first, and then assign the temporary value to the other cell, effectively swapping the values.

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This example teaches you how to swap two values in Excel VBA. You will often need this structure in more
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Situation: Create a Macro

Two values on your worksheet.

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Place a command button on your worksheet and add the following code lines:
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1. First, we declare a variable called temp of type Double.

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2. We initialize the variable temp with the value of cell A1. Macro Security

temp = Range("A1").Value
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3. Now we can safely write the value of cell B1 to cell A1 (we have stored the value of cell A1 to temp so we will
not lose it).
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Range("A1").Value = Range("B1").Value
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4. Finally, we write the value of cell A1 (written to temp) to cell B1.

Range("B1").Value = temp
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5. Click the command button two times.

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