Loop through column, store values in an array - excel

Question

I am trying to find a way to:
Loop through a column (B column)
Take the values, store them in an array
Loop through that array and do some text manipulation
However, I cannot think of a way to loop through a column and take those values, storing them in an array. I have looked through Stack Overflow and google but have not found a successful solution.
In advance, thank you for your help.
Sub collectNums()
Dim eNumStorage() As String ' initial storage array to take values
Dim i as Integer
Dim j as Integer
Dim lrow As Integer
lrow = Cells(Rows.Count, "B").End(xlUp).Row ' The amount of stuff in the column
For i = lrow To 2 Step -1
If (Not IsEmpty(Cells(i, 2).Value)) Then ' checks to make sure the value isn't empty
i = eNumStorage ' I know this isn't right
Next i
If (IsEmpty(eNumStorage)) Then
MsgBox ("You did not enter an employee number for which to query our database. Quitting")
Exit Sub
End If
End Sub

Answer 1

This is the easiest way to get column to array:
Public Sub TestMe()
Dim myArray As Variant
Dim cnt As Long
myArray = Application.Transpose(Range("B1:B10"))
For cnt = LBound(myArray) To UBound(myArray)
myArray(cnt) = myArray(cnt) & "something"
Next cnt
For cnt = LBound(myArray) To UBound(myArray)
Debug.Print myArray(cnt)
Next cnt
End Sub
It takes the values from B1 to B10 in array and it gives possibility to add "something" to this array.
The Transpose() function takes the single column range and stores it as an array with one dimension. If the array was on a single row, then you would have needed a double transpose, to make it a single dimension array:
With Application
myArray = .Transpose(.Transpose(Range("A1:K1")))
End With
MSDN Transpose
CPearson Range To Array
Creating an Array from a Range in VBA

Answer 2

Just adding a variation on Vityata's which is the simplest way. This method will only add non-blank values to your array. When using your method you must declare the size of the array using Redim.
Sub collectNums()
Dim eNumStorage() As String ' initial storage array to take values
Dim i As Long
Dim j As Long
Dim lrow As Long
lrow = Cells(Rows.Count, "B").End(xlUp).Row ' The amount of stuff in the column
ReDim eNumStorage(1 To lrow - 1)
For i = lrow To 2 Step -1
If (Not IsEmpty(Cells(i, 2).Value)) Then ' checks to make sure the value isn't empty
j = j + 1
eNumStorage(j) = Cells(i, 2).Value
End If
Next i
ReDim Preserve eNumStorage(1 To j)
'Not sure what this bit is doing so have left as is
If (IsEmpty(eNumStorage)) Then
MsgBox ("You did not enter an employee number for which to query our database. Quitting")
Exit Sub
End If
For j = LBound(eNumStorage) To UBound(eNumStorage) ' loop through the previous array
eNumStorage(j) = Replace(eNumStorage(j), " ", "")
eNumStorage(j) = Replace(eNumStorage(j), ",", "")
Next j
End Sub