Exploring Sub Procedures and Functions in Excel VBA

An introduction to sub procedures and functions in Excel VBA, part of a web scraping tutorial series.

00:00:01 An introduction to sub procedures and functions in Excel VBA, part of a web scraping tutorial series.

πŸ’‘ Understanding VBA concepts is essential before diving into web scraping.

βš™οΈ Sub procedures and functions are fundamental in VBA programming.

πŸ“š A sub procedure is a set of statements that perform an action, while a function returns an output.

00:01:05 Learn about subprocedures & functions in Excel VBA, including scope and creating multiple procedures in modules.

πŸ“Œ A sub-procedure is a section of code that performs a specific task in VBA.

πŸ“Œ A module can contain multiple sub-procedures and functions.

πŸ“Œ The default scope for sub-procedures is public, but it can be changed to private.

00:02:10 This video explains the concept of private sub procedures and how they can be called within the same module.

πŸ“š Private sub procedures can be called within the same module but not from outside modules.

πŸ”’ The scope of private members is limited to the module they are defined in.

πŸ”„ To access private members from another module, the sub procedure needs to be in the same module as the private member.

00:03:14 Learn how to use sub procedures and functions in Excel VBA, including passing arguments to sub procedures. Make your code more generic with parameterization.

πŸ”‘ Sub procedures in Excel VBA can also accept arguments, allowing for parameterization and flexibility.

πŸ’‘ By passing arguments to sub procedures, you can replace hard-coded values with dynamic inputs, making the code more versatile.

βœ… Multiple arguments of different types can be passed to sub procedures, enhancing their functionality.

00:04:18 Learn about subprocedures and functions in Excel VBA, and the difference between them. Create a sub procedure to add two numbers. Discover the naming conventions for variables and methods.

πŸ’‘ The video is about web scraping using Excel VBA.

πŸ“ Sub procedures and functions are explained, with a focus on their differences.

πŸ”’ An example of a sub procedure is demonstrated, where two numbers are added.

00:05:22 Learn the difference between sub procedures and functions, and how to convert a sub procedure into a function in Excel VBA.

The video discusses the difference between sub procedures and functions in Excel VBA.

A sub procedure does not return a value, while a function is designed to return a value.

To convert a sub procedure into a function, the variable name in the function should be the same as the function name, and the value will be returned as the output.

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