6/16/2014 Sum by Color and Count by Color using VBA in Microsoft Excel

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Sum By Color and Count By Color using VBA in Microsoft Excel
Enter the following code into VBA.
Function SumByColor(CellColor As Range, SumRange As Range)
Application.Volatile
Dim ICol As Integer
Dim TCell As Range
ICol = CellColor.Interior.ColorIndex
For Each TCell In SumRange
If ICol = TCell.Interior.ColorIndex Then
SumByColor = SumByColor + TCell.Value
End If
Next TCell
End Function
To use the function type =sumbycolor(B1,A1:A10) - where B1 is the cell reference that contains the background
color that you want to count and A1:A10 is the sum range.
Tip - The cell reference containing the color can be the same as the cell reference containing the formula.
Caution - The formula does not automatically recalculate when you apply a new interior color to a cell - however, I
have made this custom function Volatile which means it will recalculate every time a cell value changes anywhere within
the workbook.
With only a slight modification to the VBA code you can alter this custom function to count by color.
The VBA code for a custom function that will count by color is:
Function CountByColor(CellColor As Range, CountRange As Range)
Application.Volatile
Dim ICol As Integer
Dim TCell As Range
ICol = CellColor.Interior.ColorIndex
For Each TCell In CountRange
If ICol = TCell.Interior.ColorIndex Then
CountByColor = CountByColor + 1
End If
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Next TCell
End Function
You can download a sample spreadsheet here. The spreadsheet contains the VBA code for both the sum by color and
count by color custom functions.
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