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Creating Custom Worksheet

Functions

IN THIS CHAPTER

Getting an overview of VBA functions

Looking at function procedures

Focusing on function procedure arguments

Debugging custom functions

Pasting custom functions

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s mentioned in the preceding chapter, you can create two types of VBA procedures: Sub pro-

cedures and Function procedures. This chapter focuses on Function procedures.

Introducing VBA Functions

Function procedures that you write in VBA are quite versatile. You can use these functions in two

situations:

■ (^) You can call the function from a different VBA procedure.
■ (^) You can use the function in formulas that you create in a worksheet.
This chapter focuses on creating functions for use in your formulas.
Excel includes more than 450 predefined worksheet functions. With so many from which to choose,
you may be curious as to why anyone would need to develop additional functions. The main reason
is that creating a custom function can greatly simplify your formulas by making them shorter, and
shorter formulas are more readable and easier to work with. For example, you can often replace a
complex formula with a single function. Another reason is that you can write functions to perform
operations that would otherwise be impossible.
This chapter assumes that you’re familiar with entering and editing VBA code in the Visual Basic Editor (VBE).
Excel® 2019 Bible, First Edition. Michael Alexander, Dick Kusleika and John Walkenbach.
© 2019 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Published 2019 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.