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Range.SpecialCells Method (Excel)

Returns a Range object that represents all the cells that match the specified type and value.

Syntax

expression .SpecialCells(Type, Value)

expression A variable that represents a Range object.

Parameters

Name

Required/Optional

Data Type

Description

Type

Required

XlCellType

The cells to include.

Value

Optional

Variant

If Type is either xlCellTypeConstants or xlCellTypeFormulas, this argument is used to determine which types of cells to include in the result. These values can be added together to return more than one type. The default is to select all constants or formulas, no matter what the type.

Return Value

Range

Remarks

XlCellType constants

Value

xlCellTypeAllFormatConditions. Cells of any format

-4172

xlCellTypeAllValidation. Cells having validation criteria

-4174

xlCellTypeBlanks. Empty cells

4

xlCellTypeComments. Cells containing notes

-4144

xlCellTypeConstants. Cells containing constants

2

xlCellTypeFormulas. Cells containing formulas

-4123

xlCellTypeLastCell. The last cell in the used range

11

xlCellTypeSameFormatConditions. Cells having the same format

-4173

xlCellTypeSameValidation. Cells having the same validation criteria

-4175

xlCellTypeVisible. All visible cells

12

XlSpecialCellsValue constants

Value

xlErrors

16

xlLogical

4

xlNumbers

1

xlTextValues

2

Example

This example selects the last cell in the used range of Sheet1.

Worksheets("Sheet1").Activate 
ActiveSheet.Cells.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeLastCell).Activate

See Also

Concepts

Range Object

Range Object Members