Excel VBA Autofilter - Specify Multiple Criteria using Array

How to pass an Array as Criteria in Excel Autofilter - VBA

After long time let us revisit our good old Autofilter Fruits example. The following figure shows the data available

If you need to filter say Oranges and Apples alone, you can either pass both criteria (Yes! I have avoided using - Mutliple criteria) or can try using an Array where you can pass multiple values

Sub AutoFilter_Using_Arrays()

Dim oWS As Worksheet

On Error GoTo Err_Filter

Dim arCriteria(0 To 1) As String

Set oWS = ActiveSheet

arCriteria(0) = "Apple"
arCriteria(1) = "Orange"

oWS.UsedRange.AutoFilter Field:=2, Criteria1:=arCriteria, Operator:=xlFilterValues

Finally:

If Not oWS Is Nothing Then Set oWS = Nothing

Err_Filter:
If Err <> 0 Then
MsgBox Err.Description
Err.Clear
GoTo Finally
End If
End Sub

If you leave out the Operator in Excel VBA Autofilter- Only Last Value of the Array Will be displayed

You can also pass the values directly like:

oWS.UsedRange.AutoFilter Field:=2, Criteria1:=Array("Apples","Peaches","Grapes), Operator:=xlFilterValues