This didn't quite work because I need it to work for the current selection
(range of cells) not just one cell....I tried replacing ActiveCell with
Selection but it was a type mismatch. Thoughts?

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

Dim myCell as range
set mycell = activecell
with mycell
if .offset(0,-1).value = 10 then
.value = "Hello"
else
.value = "Goodbye"
end if
end with



BJ wrote:

The code takes a selection, enters a formula which looks at the column to the
left & same row of the selection, then makes the selection calculate by doing
a replace function, and then copies and pastes as values. Is there a neater,
less round-about way to do this?

Selection.FormulaR1C1 = "=IF(CELL(""contents"",INDIRECT(""RC[-1]"",FALSE)
=10,""Hello"",""Goodbye"")"
Selection.Replace What:="=", Replacement:="=", LookAt:=xlPart, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False, _
ReplaceFormat:=False
Selection.Copy
Selection.PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteValues, Operation:=xlNone, SkipBlanks _
:=False, Transpose:=False

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Dave Peterson