What is a conditional statement in VBA?

In Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), a conditional statement is a control structure that allows a program to execute a specific block of code only if a predefined condition evaluates to true. The primary conditional structures in VBA are If...Then...Else and Select Case. These statements first test a condition; based on the outcome of that test, the program's execution path is altered. The code block associated with the condition is executed after the condition has been evaluated and found to be true.

A. This describes a loop structure, such as Do While...Loop or For...Next, which repeatedly executes code as long as a condition is met, rather than a one-time decision.

C. The condition is evaluated before the code block is executed to determine if it should run, not a condition that must be met within the block itself.

D. This is incorrect for the primary conditional statements (If...Then). The condition is always evaluated before the associated code block is executed.

1. Microsoft Corporation. (2023). If...Then...Else statement (VBA). Microsoft Learn. Retrieved from learn.microsoft.com. In the "Syntax" and "Remarks" sections

the documentation explains that the statements are executed only If condition Is True. This confirms the condition is checked before execution.

2. Microsoft Corporation. (2023). Using If...Then...Else statements. Microsoft Learn. Retrieved from learn.microsoft.com. This document states

"You can use the If...Then...Else statement to run a specific statement or a block of statements

depending on the value of a condition." This reinforces that the execution depends on a pre-evaluated condition.

3. Halvorson

M. (2010). Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 Step by Step. Microsoft Press. Chapter 5

"Making Decisions

" pages 101-104

describes how If...Then decision structures work by evaluating a conditional expression and executing code only when the expression is true.