Excel VBA select entire sheet using Range

Question

I am using the following code to search through a sheet to find out how many times does the word 'example' appear.

count = Application.WorksheetFunction.CountIf(Range("A1:A10"), "example")

I can't seem to figure out how to iterate through the entire sheet using the Range function.

Answer 1

Why do you need to iterate through the entire sheet? You can just change the extend the range?

A1:A10

count = Application.WorksheetFunction.CountIf(Range("A1:A10"), "example")

A1:E10

count = Application.WorksheetFunction.CountIf(Range("A1:E10"), "example")

Entire sheet

count = Application.WorksheetFunction.CountIf(ActiveSheet.Cells, "example")  

Answer 2

Try below to look for string "example" in entire sheet.

Count = Application.WorksheetFunction.CountIf(Cells, "example")

using wildcards

Count = Application.WorksheetFunction.CountIf(Cells, "*example*")