How to Count Rows Displayed After Data Has Been Filtered (148621)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
  • Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition
This article was previously published under Q148621
This article also applies to:
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows 95 7.0|7.0
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows 95 7.0a|7.0a
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows 5.0|5.0
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows 5.0c|5.0c
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows NT 5.0|5.0
  • Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh 5.0|5.0
  • Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh 5.0a|5.0a

SUMMARY

This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications procedure that counts the number of rows that remain after you run AutoFilter or Advanced Filter on a list.

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Microsoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied. This includes, but is not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This article assumes that you are familiar with the programming language that is being demonstrated and with the tools that are used to create and to debug procedures. Microsoft support engineers can help explain the functionality of a particular procedure, but they will not modify these examples to provide added functionality or construct procedures to meet your specific requirements. This macro returns the number of rows in a list that remain visible after you run AutoFilter or Advanced Filter. 
   Sub Count_Filtered_Rows()
       Dim UpperLeftCorner As Range

       ' UpperLeftCorner should be set to the upper-left
       ' corner of the list range:
       Set UpperLeftCorner = Sheets("Sheet1").Range("A1")

       rowcount = -1
       For Each area In _
           UpperLeftCorner.CurrentRegion.SpecialCells(xlVisible).Areas
           rowcount = rowcount + area.Rows.Count
       Next
       MsgBox rowcount
   End Sub
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:10/11/2006
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