Overflow error in Excel

I am getting an overflow error with this code. Please help me understand why. When I comment out the variables j, k, & z I don't get the error. The data is wrong but i don't get the error. What is causing this?

Public Sub CalculateYTDCustomerSalesAndMargins()

Dim UniqueCustomers, Output, Claimbacks As Variant
Dim i, c, j, k, z As Double

UniqueCustomers = Range("UniqueCustomers")
Claimbacks = Range("ClaimBacks")

ReDim Output(1 To UBound(UniqueCustomers), 1 To 5)

j = 0   'Sales variable
k = 0   'Cost of sales variable
z = 0   'Claim backs variable

For c = 1 To UBound(UniqueCustomers)

    For i = 1 To UBound(Claimbacks)
    
    If UniqueCustomers(c, 2) = Claimbacks(i, 5) Then
    
    j = j + Claimbacks(i, 11) * Claimbacks(i, 10)
    k = k + Claimbacks(i, 12) * Claimbacks(i, 10)
    z = z + Claimbacks(i, 22)
    
    Output(c, 1) = j
    Output(c, 2) = k
    Output(c, 3) = 1 - k / j
    Output(c, 4) = z
    Output(c, 5) = 1 - (k - z) / j
     
    End If
    
    Next i

    
j = 0   'Sales variable
k = 0   'Cost of sales variable
z = 0   'Claim backs variable

Next c

Range("E2", Range("I" & UBound(UniqueCustomers) + 1)) = Output


End Sub

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GrahamSkan

8/22/2022 - Mon

Rgonzo1971

1/13/2014

Hi,

Coul you sen a sample?

Regards

GrahamSkan

1/14/2014

In line 4, all the variables except z will be Variants, so will take on the type at first usage.

At lines 11 and 12, j and k will become integers, which will cause that error if an attempt is made to set to any value greater than 32767.

Declare each variable with its type

Dim i As Double, c As Double, j As Double, k As Double, z As Double

Mike French

1/14/2014

ASKER

Graham,

I tried all this but nothing works. These are all small values that would not exceed 32767 in any case. However even with them set as a "double" data type I still get the error. For whatever reason, it is being caused by lines 27 and 29. I don't know why dividing these numbers is causing this. I have fixed the issue by inserting an "IF" statement that sets Output(c, 3 or 5) to "0" if "k" or "j" are "0". Additionally, "c" reaches 47 before it occurs? Why doesn't it do it before that? I can't see anything in the data that is different before the 47th occurrence?

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GrahamSkan

1/14/2014

If they are all small values, declare each of them as Integer.

What are the values on the right hand side of the equation when it fails?

Actually, I agree that it would help to provide a sample workbook (edited for simplicity and confidentiality)

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Mike French

1/19/2014

ASKER

Graham,

Sorry I haven't gotten back to you on this. Really busy time of year. anyway, the fix I referred to above is working and I don't have time right now to test your solution. I will test it though as soon as possible.

Thanks for all your help!

GrahamSkan

2/28/2014

I couldn't tell whether it applies here, but I should have mentioned that there is a surprising feature (i.e. a bug) whereby an overflow error occurs unexpectedly. This code:

Sub Overflow()
    Dim a As Double
    a = 10000 * 10000
End Sub

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raises an overflow error because the calculation sees the first two operands and assumes that the whole thing deals with integers.

You can get around the problem in several ways:

Sub Overflow()
    Dim a As Double
    a =10000# * 10000
End Sub

Sub Overflow()
    Dim a As Double
    a = CDbl(10000) * 10000
End Sub

Sub Overflow()
    Dim a As Double
    Dim b As Double
    b = 1
    a = b * 10000 * 10000
End Sub

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I have used the integer and double types in this illustration, but the problem could occur with other types.

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