Since you have '=' sign in your cell...

Function EquateFormula(strData As String) As Variant
EquateFormula = Application.EVALUATE(strData)
End Function

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Jacob


"Faraz A. Qureshi" wrote:

I have a A1 with a formula ="+2+2"
I thought =INDIRECT(A1) would reflect 4 whereas it is returning #Ref!
How to carryout the desired function?
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Thanx & Best Regards,

Faraz!