Repeats a group of statements for each element in an array or collection.
Syntax
For Each element In group
[ statements ]
[ Exit For ]
[ statements ]
Next [ element ]
The For...Each...Next statement syntax has these parts:
| Part | Description |
|---|---|
| element | Required. Variable used to iterate through the elements of the collection or array. For collections, element can only be a Variant variable, a generic object variable, or any specific object variable. For arrays, element can only be a Variant variable. |
| group | Required. Name of an object collection or array (except an array of user-defined types). |
| statements | Optional. One or more statements that are executed on each item in group. |
Remarks
The For…Each block is entered if there is at least one element in group. After the loop has been entered, all the statements in the loop are executed for the first element in group. If there are more elements in group, the statements in the loop continue to execute for each element. When there are no more elements in group, the loop is exited and execution continues with the statement following the Next statement.
Any number of Exit For statements may be placed anywhere in the loop as an alternative way to exit. Exit For is often used after evaluating some condition, for example If…Then, and transfers control to the statement immediately following Next.
You can nest For...Each...Next loops by placing one For…Each…Next loop within another. However, each loop element must be unique.
If you omit element in a Next statement, execution continues as if element is included. If a Next statement is encountered before its corresponding For statement, an error occurs.
You can't use the For...Each...Next statement with an array of user-defined types because a Variant can't contain a user-defined type.
Examples
The following procedure adds 10 to the value of every cell in the range A1 to A10.
Sub Add10ToAllCellsInRange()
Dim rng As Range
For Each rng In Range("A1:A10")
rng.Value = rng.Value + 10
Next
End SubThe following code loops through each element in an array and sets the value of each to the value of the index variable i.
Sub ArrayTest()
Dim arr(10) As Integer, item As Variant, i As Integer
For Each item In arr
arr(i) = i
Debug.Print arr(i)
i = i + 1
Next
End SubThe following example tests for the first cell in the range A1:B5 that does not contain a number. If such a cell is found, a message is displayed and Exit For exits the loop.
Sub TestForNumbers()
For Each rng In Range("A1:B10")
If IsNumeric(rng.Value) = False Then
MsgBox "Cell " & rng.Address & " contains a non-numeric value."
Exit For
End If
Next
End Sub