You can use the following basic syntax to perform a VLOOKUP from another sheet using VBA:
Sub Vlookup()
Range("B2").Value = WorksheetFunction.Vlookup(Range("A2"), Sheets("Sheet2").Range("A2:C11"),3,False)
End Sub
This particular example looks up the value in cell A2 of the current sheet in the range A2:C11 of the sheet called Sheet2 and finds the corresponding value in the third column of the range and then assigns the result to cell B2 in the current sheet.
Note: The last argument of False specifies that we want an exact match.
The following example shows how to use this syntax in practice.
Example: How to Use VLOOKUP From Another Sheet in VBA
Suppose we have the following dataset in a sheet called Sheet2 in an Excel workbook that contains information about various basketball players:
Now suppose we switch to the sheet called Sheet1 and would like to look up the team name “Kings” in the dataset from Sheet2 and return the corresponding value in the assists column in Sheet1.
We can create the following macro to do so:
Sub Vlookup()
Range("B2").Value = WorksheetFunction.Vlookup(Range("A2"), Sheets("Sheet2").Range("A2:C11"),3,False)
End Sub
When we run this macro, we receive the following output:
The macro correctly returns a value of 3 assists for the Kings.
If we change the name of the team in cell A2 and then run the macro again, it will correctly find the assists value for the new team name.
For example, suppose we change the team name to “Warriors” and run the macro again:
The macro correctly returns a value of 4 assists for the Warriors.
Note: You can find the complete documentation for the VBA VLookup method here.
Additional Resources
The following tutorials explain how to perform other common tasks in VBA:
VBA: How to Use INDEX MATCH
VBA: How to Sort Sheet by Multiple Columns
VBA: How to Check if String Contains Another String
