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Range.Resize Property

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Excel Developer Reference

Resizes the specified range. Returns a Range object that represents the resized range.

Syntax

expression.Resize(RowSize, ColumnSize)

expression   An expression that returns a Range object.

Parameters

Name Required/Optional Data Type Description
RowSize Optional Variant The number of rows in the new range. If this argument is omitted, the number of rows in the range remains the same.
ColumnSize Optional Variant The number of columns in the new range. If this argument is omitted, the number of columns in the range remains the same.

Return Value
Range

Example

This example resizes the selection on Sheet1 to extend it by one row and one column.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Worksheets("Sheet1").Activate
numRows = Selection.Rows.Count
numColumns = Selection.Columns.Count
Selection.Resize(numRows + 1, numColumns + 1).Select

This example assumes that you have a table on Sheet1 that has a header row. The example selects the table, without selecting the header row. The active cell must be somewhere in the table before you run the example.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Set tbl = ActiveCell.CurrentRegion
tbl.Offset(1, 0).Resize(tbl.Rows.Count - 1, _
    tbl.Columns.Count).Select

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