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Default Convert Text to Formula

You'll need a user defined function.

Option Explicit
Function Eval(myStr As String) As Variant
Application.Volatile True
Eval = Application.Caller.Parent.Evaluate(myStr)
End Function


If you're new to macros:

Debra Dalgleish has some notes how to implement macros he
http://www.contextures.com/xlvba01.html

David McRitchie has an intro to macros:
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/getstarted.htm

Ron de Bruin's intro to macros:
http://www.rondebruin.nl/code.htm

(General, Regular and Standard modules all describe the same thing.)

Short course:

Open your workbook.
Hit alt-f11 to get to the VBE (where macros/UDF's live)
hit ctrl-R to view the project explorer
Find your workbook.
should look like: VBAProject (yourfilename.xls)

right click on the project name
Insert, then Module
You should see the code window pop up on the right hand side

Paste the code in there.

Now go back to excel.
Into a test cell and type:
=eval(a1)




Mjones14 wrote:

I have a cell with the text = sum(A10:A30) as the result of a formula. This
is because it is constructed by other formulae using values given by the user.

How do I evaluate this text as if it were a formula?


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Dave Peterson