Writing executable statements

An executable statement initiates action. It can execute a method or function, and it can loop or branch through blocks of code. Executable statements often contain mathematical or conditional operators.

The following example uses a For Each...Next statement to iterate through each cell in a range named MyRange on Sheet1 of an active Microsoft Excel workbook. The variable c is a cell in the collection of cells contained in MyRange.

Sub ApplyFormat()
    Const limit As Integer = 33
    For Each c In Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("MyRange").Cells
        If c.value > limit Then
            With c.Font
                .Bold = True
                .Italic = True
            End With
        End If
    Next c
    MsgBox "All done!"
End Sub

The If...Then...Else statement in the example checks the value of the cell. If the value is greater than 33, the With statement sets the Bold and Italic properties of the Font object for that cell. If...Then...Else statements end with End If. The With statement can save typing because the statements it contains are automatically executed on the object following the With keyword.

The Next statement calls the next cell in the collection of cells contained in MyRange.

The MsgBox function (which displays a built-in Visual Basic dialog box) displays a message indicating that the Sub procedure has finished running.