Pass a string or array as a parameter to a method

Question

I have this statement in Excel VBA:

Selection.Subtotal GroupBy:=2, Function:=xlSum, TotalList:=Array(5, 6, 13, _
        14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, _
        40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, _
        66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, _
        92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113_
        , 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, _
        133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143), Replace:=False, PageBreaks:= _
        False, SummaryBelowData:=True

 

I would like the Array to be passed as a string or variant like this:

Selection.Subtotal GroupBy:=1, Function:=xlSum, TotalList:=Array(aryColumns), Replace:=True, PageBreaks:= False, SummaryBelowData:=True

Where aryColumns is an array or varColumns is a variant

please show how to construct the array or the variant

Answer 1

Dim myA As Variant
myA = Array(5, 6, 13, _
        14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, _
        40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, _
        66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, _
        92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113_
        , 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, _
        133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143)
    Selection.Subtotal GroupBy:=2, Function:=xlSum, TotalList:=myA, Replace:=False, PageBreaks:= _
        False, SummaryBelowData:=True

Answer 2

Thank you , I think this is really close but not quite.  I need to build the array dynamically so I took your idea and did this:

Dim varColumns as Variant

'build the array of columns to be totaled
strArray = "5, 6, 13"
For intCol = 14 To intMaxColumn
    strArray = strArray & ", " & intCol
Next intCol
varColumns = Array(strArray)

Cells.Select
    Selection.Subtotal GroupBy:=1, Function:=xlSum, TotalList:=varColumns, Replace:=True, PageBreaks:= _
        False, SummaryBelowData:=True

I get a "Type mismatch" error when it executes the Selection statement.  I also tried:

Selection.Subtotal GroupBy:=1, Function:=xlSum, TotalList:=Array(strArray), Replace:=True, PageBreaks:= _
        False, SummaryBelowData:=True                           

but that got the same error

I also tried this:

Dim varColumns(600) as Variant

'build the array of columns to be totaled
varColumns(1) = 5
varColumns(2) = 6
varColumns(3) = 13

For intCol = 14 To intMaxColumn
    varColumns(intCol - 10) = intCol
Next intCol

Cells.Select
    Selection.Subtotal GroupBy:=1, Function:=xlSum, TotalList:=varColumns, Replace:=True, PageBreaks:= _
        False, SummaryBelowData:=True

But I got an "Application Defined or Object Defined Error" 

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Eric von Stromberg

Answer 3

Dim varColumns() As Variant
Dim intMaxcolumn As Integer
Dim intcol As Integer
intMaxcolumn = 143
ReDim varColumns(1 To intMaxcolumn - 7)

'build the array of columns to be totaled
varColumns(1) = 5
varColumns(2) = 6
varColumns(3) = 13

For intcol = 14 To intMaxcolumn
    varColumns(intcol - 10) = intcol
Next intcol

Cells.Subtotal GroupBy:=1, Function:=xlSum, TotalList:=varColumns, Replace:=True, PageBreaks:= _
        False, SummaryBelowData:=True

Answer 4

You sir, are a steely eyed missile man!!!!!

Thank you!

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Eric von Stromberg

Answer 5

"steely eyed missile man"

I'll take that as a compliment ;-)

Bernie