Extracting formula instead of result from cell

[lithium81]

Hi,

Is it possible to get the forumla from a cell instead of a the result of the forumla using VBA/Macros?

e.g. In cell A1 I have the formula B1+C1.

I want to retrieve this formula and furthermore it wud be great if I could get the values in B1 and C1, but I think once the formula can be extracted, the rest will be easy.

Thanks!!

[Rowan Drummond]

Try:

Debug.Print Range("A1").Formula

Hope this helps
Rowan

lithium81 wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is it possible to get the forumla from a cell instead of a the result
> of the forumla using VBA/Macros?
>
> e.g. In cell A1 I have the formula B1+C1.
>
> I want to retrieve this formula and furthermore it wud be great if I
> could get the values in B1 and C1, but I think once the formula can be
> extracted, the rest will be easy.
>
> Thanks!!
>
>

[lithium81]

Hi,

Thanks! When I do the debug.print, I don't see any output, perhaps I am using it the wrong way. Could someone help please?

Will this put the data into a variable?

Thanks!

[Rowan Drummond]

If you want it in a variable then:

dim strFml as string
strFml = range("A1").formula

Regards
Rowan

lithium81 wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Thanks! When I do the debug.print, I don't see any output, perhaps I am
> using it the wrong way. Could someone help please?
>
> Will this put the data into a variable?
>
> Thanks!
>
>

[lithium81]

Thank you! That works great!

[Rowan Drummond]

You're welcome.

lithium81 wrote:
> Thank you! That works great!
>
>

[David McRitchie]

Hi lithium81,
Debug statement results from VBA code appear on the Intermediate
window in the Visual Basic Editor (Ctrl+G).

For what you want I would suggest the use and flexibility of a
User Defined Function see GetFormula at
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel...htm#getformula
if it is not obvious where the formula referenced actually is at,
then a variation GetFormulaD might work better for you.
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HTH,
David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001]
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"Rowan Drummond" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> If you want it in a variable then:
>
> dim strFml as string
> strFml = range("A1").formula
>
> Regards
> Rowan
>
> lithium81 wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Thanks! When I do the debug.print, I don't see any output, perhaps I am
> > using it the wrong way. Could someone help please?
> >
> > Will this put the data into a variable?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> >