VBA test if cell is in a range - excel

Question

I want to test if a given cell is within a given range in Excel VBA. What is the best way to do this?

Answer 1

From the Help:
Set isect = Application.Intersect(Range("rg1"), Range("rg2"))
If isect Is Nothing Then
MsgBox "Ranges do not intersect"
Else
isect.Select
End If

Answer 2

If the two ranges to be tested (your given cell and your given range) are not in the same Worksheet, then Application.Intersect throws an error. Thus, a way to avoid it is with something like
Sub test_inters(rng1 As Range, rng2 As Range)
If (rng1.Parent.Name = rng2.Parent.Name) Then
Dim ints As Range
Set ints = Application.Intersect(rng1, rng2)
If (Not (ints Is Nothing)) Then
' Do your job
End If
End If
End Sub

Answer 3

Determine if a cell is within a range using VBA in Microsoft Excel:
From the linked site (maintaining credit to original submitter):
VBA macro tip contributed by Erlandsen Data Consulting
offering Microsoft Excel Application development, template customization,
support and training solutions
Function InRange(Range1 As Range, Range2 As Range) As Boolean
' returns True if Range1 is within Range2
InRange = Not (Application.Intersect(Range1, Range2) Is Nothing)
End Function
Sub TestInRange()
If InRange(ActiveCell, Range("A1:D100")) Then
' code to handle that the active cell is within the right range
MsgBox "Active Cell In Range!"
Else
' code to handle that the active cell is not within the right range
MsgBox "Active Cell NOT In Range!"
End If
End Sub

Answer 4

#mywolfe02 gives a static range code so his inRange works fine but if you want to add dynamic range then use this one with inRange function of him.this works better with when you want to populate data to fix starting cell and last column is also fixed.
Sub DynamicRange()
Dim sht As Worksheet
Dim LastRow As Long
Dim StartCell As Range
Dim rng As Range
Set sht = Worksheets("xyz")
LastRow = sht.Cells.Find("*", SearchOrder:=xlByRows, SearchDirection:=xlPrevious).row
Set rng = Workbooks("Record.xlsm").Worksheets("xyz").Range(Cells(12, 2), Cells(LastRow, 12))
Debug.Print LastRow
If InRange(ActiveCell, rng) Then
' MsgBox "Active Cell In Range!"
Else
MsgBox "Please select the cell within the range!"
End If
End Sub

Answer 5

Here is another option to see if a cell exists inside a range. In case you have issues with the Intersect solution as I did.
If InStr(range("NamedRange").Address, range("IndividualCell").Address) > 0 Then
'The individual cell exists in the named range
Else
'The individual cell does not exist in the named range
End If
InStr is a VBA function that checks if a string exists within another string.
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vba/language-reference-vba/articles/instr-function

Answer 6

I don't work with contiguous ranges all the time. My solution for non-contiguous ranges is as follows (includes some code from other answers here):
Sub test_inters()
Dim rng1 As Range
Dim rng2 As Range
Dim inters As Range
Set rng2 = Worksheets("Gen2").Range("K7")
Set rng1 = ExcludeCell(Worksheets("Gen2").Range("K6:K8"), rng2)
If (rng2.Parent.name = rng1.Parent.name) Then
Dim ints As Range
MsgBox rng1.Address & vbCrLf _
& rng2.Address & vbCrLf _
For Each cell In rng1
MsgBox cell.Address
Set ints = Application.Intersect(cell, rng2)
If (Not (ints Is Nothing)) Then
MsgBox "Yes intersection"
Else
MsgBox "No intersection"
End If
Next cell
End If
End Sub