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Sep 17th, 2003, 04:13 PM

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dsl224
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Convert cell's text to formula

Is there a quick way, other than VBA, to put the contents of a cell that has the text of a formula into a second cell, but as a real formula? What I mean is, if A1 has as text: abs(-1), I would like cell B1 to read the contents of A1 and evaluate it and put the results into B2. TIA, David

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Sep 17th, 2003, 04:15 PM

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=EVAL(A1)
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Sep 17th, 2003, 04:36 PM

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Re: Convert cell's text to formula

I am getting #NAME? Could it be version related? Thanks again, David

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Sep 17th, 2003, 04:50 PM

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Re: Convert cell's text to formula

Hi dsl224: EVAL in Aladin's post is a function available in MoreFunc Add-in that is available for free. So, to be able to use EVAL, you need to have the MoreFunc Add-in installed -- otherwise you need to write another UserDefined function in place of EVAL.

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Sep 17th, 2003, 05:10 PM

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Re: Convert cell's text to formula

Thanks. I don't want to start using Add-ins. Do you know of any

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other solution or UDF?

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Sep 17th, 2003, 08:36 PM

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Yogi Anand
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Re: Convert cell's text to formula

Originally Posted by dsl224

Thanks. I don't want to start using Add-ins. Do you know of any other solution or UDF?
Hi dsl224: You can use the following UDF ... Code:
Function yEval(entry As String) yEval = Evaluate(entry) End Function

and its usage is illustrated in the following ... ******** ******************** **************************************************** ********************> Microsoft Excel - y030917h1.xls
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(F)ile (E)dit (V)iew (I)nsert (O)ptions (T)ools (D)ata (W)indow (H)elp (A)bout

C1

A 1 2 3 4 Sheet4 abs(-1) 5*4 vlookup("b",$E$1:$F$4,2,0) * *

B * * * *

C 1 20 5 *

[HtmlMaker 2.20] To see the formula in the cells just click on the cells hyperlink or click the Name box PLEASE DO NOT QUOTE THIS TABLE IMAGE ON SAME PAGE! OTHEWISE, ERROR OF JavaScript OCCUR.

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I hope this helps. If I have misunderstood your question -- my apologies!

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Sep 18th, 2003, 09:23 AM

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dsl224
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Re: Convert cell's text to formula

Thank you very much. David

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May 10th, 2007, 09:04 AM

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Does anybody have a VB solution for doing the opposite? Daily, I must format the flatfile result of a days worth of web form inquiries. Names, addresses and cities are WRITTEN LIKE THIS or tHiS, etc. =proper(D2) returns the proper result. Using Notepad and a series of Copies/Pastes I can copy the resulting values over the original data. Is there a way to capture the results of the formula so as to copy it over the original, incorrectly cased data?

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May 10th, 2007, 09:56 AM

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How about: Sub ProperCase()

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Dim c As Range For Each c In Selection c.Value = Application.WorksheetFunction.Proper(c.Value) Next c End Sub

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May 10th, 2007, 10:01 AM

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^ brilliant - thanks!

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