How To Get Column Name In Excel Vba

How to Get Column Name in Excel VBA

To get the column name in Excel VBA, you can use the following code:

      Sub GetColumnName()
          Dim columnNumber As Integer
          Dim columnName As String
          
          ' Set the column number
          columnNumber = 1
          
          ' Get the column name
          columnName = Split(Cells(1, columnNumber).Address, "$")(1)
          
          ' Display the column name
          MsgBox "Column Name: " & columnName
      End Sub
    

In the above code, we first declare the variables ‘columnNumber’ to represent the column number and ‘columnName’ to store the column name. We set the column number to 1 as an example.

Next, we use the ‘Split’ function to split the address of the cell (in this case, cell A1) and retrieve the column name. The ‘Cells’ function is used to refer to a specific cell, with the row number (1) and the column number specified.

The resultant column name is then stored in the ‘columnName’ variable. Finally, we display the column name using a message box.

You can modify the code to specify a different column number or use a variable to determine the column dynamically.

For example:

      Sub GetColumnName()
          Dim columnNumber As Integer
          Dim columnName As String
          Dim targetColumn As Range
          
          ' Set the target column
          Set targetColumn = Range("B1")
          
          ' Get the column number from the target column
          columnNumber = targetColumn.Column
          
          ' Get the column name
          columnName = Split(Cells(1, columnNumber).Address, "$")(1)
          
          ' Display the column name
          MsgBox "Column Name: " & columnName
      End Sub
    

In this updated code, we use a Range variable ‘targetColumn’ to specify the column we want to get the name for (in this case, column B). The ‘Column’ property is used to retrieve the column number from the target column.

The rest of the code remains the same, where we retrieve the column name using the column number and display it.