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Default replacing value in formula from outside worksheet?

I believe find/replace would change the data; I'm trying to replace a
value in the formula - Mike


On Mar 24, 9:36*am, art wrote:
If I understand correctly your question, then you might want to use the find
replace feature.



"Mike" wrote:
We know we can start up a spreadsheet from the command prompt: excel
<spreadsheetname.
We've seen batch files which allow one to specify a replacable
parameter in the batchfile from the command line. I'm trying to do
something similar in Excel.


Assume A1:A4 is populated with the names Bob,Ted,Carol,Alice, and I've
written the following formula for Column B: =If((A1:A4)="Bob",1,0).
this will return a '1' in B1, and "0" in B2-B4.


Now, I want to change "Bob" to "Ted" from the command line. *I"m
looking for someway to identify a field as replacable, and to perform
the replacement.


Any suggestions? - Mike- Hide quoted text -


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