Nick,
This version should get over that
Function eval(pFormula)
Application.Volatile
eval = Application.Caller.Parent.Evaluate(CStr(pFormula))
End Function
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HTH
Bob Phillips
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"Nick Flyger" wrote in message
...
yip now I see, it doesn't seem to work when you point to a cell with the
text
but will evaluate when you concatenate directly into the eval formula.
Thanks for your time
nick
"Bob Phillips" wrote:
In that case just reduce it to one argument, and strip the internal
concatenation
Function eval(pFormula)
Application.Volatile
eval = Application.Caller.Parent.Evaluate(pFormula)
End Function
and as an example of usage
=eval("B4*"&10)
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HTH
Bob Phillips
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"Nick Flyger" wrote in message
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Tried it but it isn't quite what I am after. I only have one input
argument
which is a concatenated string that I want to evaluate. Can you
clarify
how I
might use your eval formula?
I have only started on VB this week so it is fair to say I am pretty
illiterate in it's programming.
Cheers
Nick
"Bob Phillips" wrote:
Try this
Function eval(pFormula, pText)
Application.Volatile
eval = Application.Caller.Parent.Evaluate(pFormula & pText)
End Function
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HTH
Bob Phillips
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"Nick Flyger" wrote in
message
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Hi All
I am delving into VB and getting somewhat lost. I have a spread
sheet
designed so a end user only needs to enter columns of data and a
few
parameters. However, the way it falls together is that I need to
concatenate
text and evaluate the string as a formula. In a previous posting I
found
this
suggestion...
Sub ConvertToFormula()
ActiveCell.Formula = ActiveCell.Value
End Sub
I entered it into the VBA editor (as a UDF), and it appears in the
user
defined function list. However it returns the #VALUE! error. I am
more
familar with matlab and the comparative function in that
environment
would
be...
x = eval(concatenate('formula', 'as text'))
Thanks in advance
Nick Flyger