Excel VBA: How to activate a workbook without its complete name?

Question

I have multiple excel workbooks open. I want to activate a workbook which has "Final" in its name.

Example: I have three open workbooks called "Workbook1.xlsx", "worKbook2.xlsm" and "workbookFinal.xlsx" open at the same time.

My VBA code is in "Macro.xlsm". Using VBA I want to activate the workbook which has "Final" in it. FYI .. all workbooks are in different paths.

Answer 1

loop through Workbooks collection until finding the right named workbook:

Sub wbs()
    Dim wb As Workbook

    For Each wb In Workbooks
        If InStr(wb.Name, "Final") > 0 Then
            wb.Activate
            Exit For
        End If
    Next
End Sub

Answer 2

Try the code below, using the Like Operator with the wild-card * .

Option Explicit

Sub FindFinalWorkbook()

Dim wb As Workbook

' loop through all open workbooks
For Each wb In Application.Workbooks
    If wb.Name Like "*Final*" Then '< -- check if workbook name is Like *Final*
        wb.Activate
        Exit For
    End If
Next wb

End Sub