Any idea how to refer to/use the contents of a formula in one cell in another
formula? For example you can type a formula like:
=Left(A1,5)
Now, suppose if cell A1 contains a formula like =Sum(... ... ...)
How, to get the first five characters of the formula existing in A1, i.e.
"=SUM(" ?
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Best Regards,
FARAZ A. QURESHI

On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:52:01 -0800, FARAZ QURESHI
wrote:

Any idea how to refer to/use the contents of a formula in one cell in another
formula? For example you can type a formula like:
=Left(A1,5)
Now, suppose if cell A1 contains a formula like =Sum(... ... ...)
How, to get the first five characters of the formula existing in A1, i.e.
"=SUM(" ?


I don't think this can be done without using VBA.

Try the following User Defined Function:

Function get_formula(r As Range)
get_formula = r.Formula
End Function

The you can use it in a formula like

=LEFT(get_formula(A1),5)

Hope this helps / Lars-Åke

This old post should help:

http://tinyurl.com/46af9t

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HTH,

RD

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Any idea how to refer to/use the contents of a formula in one cell in
another
formula? For example you can type a formula like:
=Left(A1,5)
Now, suppose if cell A1 contains a formula like =Sum(... ... ...)
How, to get the first five characters of the formula existing in A1, i.e.
"=SUM(" ?
--
Best Regards,
FARAZ A. QURESHI