I hope someone can help with this. I think I am just missing a simple trick

I have created a Application_SheetBeforeDoubleClick event in which I would like my code to look at the formula in the cell being double-clicked, then extract the parameters being passed to the function. For example:

Function in cell:- =Left(B1,4

I would like my code to return the parameters 'B1', and '4'. So far I am stripping off the unnecessary text to leave 'B1,4', and then using the SPLIT function to separate the parameters. This works fine for simple functions but for functions where the parameters may have commas in them themselves, this isn't going to work

If anyone can help, I would me most grateful

After stripping off unnecessary text, replace any brackets
with double quotes, then use text to columns with double
quotes as text delimiters
(I'm not familiar with SPLIT function, I'm using Excel 97)
In Excel 97, use Application.WorksheetFunction.Substitute
function
In Excel 2000 and later, use Replace function

-----Original Message-----
I hope someone can help with this. I think I am just
missing a simple trick!

I have created a Application_SheetBeforeDoubleClick event
in which I would like my code to look at the formula in
the cell being double-clicked, then extract the parameters
being passed to the function. For example:-

Function in cell:- =Left(B1,4)

I would like my code to return the parameters 'B1',
and '4'. So far I am stripping off the unnecessary text
to leave 'B1,4', and then using the SPLIT function to
separate the parameters. This works fine for simple
functions but for functions where the parameters may have
commas in them themselves, this isn't going to work.

If anyone can help, I would me most grateful.


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