VBA IsMissing Function

IsMissing Description

Used to check if an optional argument to a procedure is missing.

Simple IsMissing Examples

Sub MyProcedure(Optional param)
    If IsMissing(param) Then
        MsgBox "Param is missing"
    Else
        MsgBox "Param is not missing"
    End If
End Sub

For the procedure above, test the following codes.

Call MyProcedure

Result: “Param is missing”

Call MyProcedure("abc")

Result: “Param is not missing”

IsMissing Syntax

In the VBA Editor, you can type  “IsMissing(” to see the syntax for the IsMissing Function:

The IsMissing function contains an argument:

VarName: the name of an optional variant procedure argument.