Why do the cell references in part of the macro below
include negative numbers?


ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = "=RC[-2]-RC[-3]"
Range("C5").Select

The cells are reference as R1, C1 - It's like offset from the activecell.

ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = "=RC[-2]-RC[-3]"

This could also be interpreted as this

ActiveCell.Formula = "=B2+B3"

If you want to see this type of refernce on your worksheet, goto menu bar

TOOLS Options

Click the General tab, you will see the R1C1 reference style.

This type is useful, when you want to calculate / move to cells based on
your current location.

Hope this helps

Hari

"Eléna" wrote in message
...
Why do the cell references in part of the macro below
include negative numbers?


ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = "=RC[-2]-RC[-3]"
Range("C5").Select


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The interpretation would depend on what cell the formula is place in, but
since the rows are absolute and the columns relative, I don't know of any
cell where it would be interpreted as =B2+B3, particularly since the formula
does subtraction rather than addition

ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = "=RC[-2]-RC[-3]"

if the activeCell is D5 would be equivalent to =B5-A5

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Tom Ogilvy

"Harry" wrote in message
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The cells are reference as R1, C1 - It's like offset from the activecell.

ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = "=RC[-2]-RC[-3]"

This could also be interpreted as this

ActiveCell.Formula = "=B2+B3"

If you want to see this type of refernce on your worksheet, goto menu bar

TOOLS Options

Click the General tab, you will see the R1C1 reference style.

This type is useful, when you want to calculate / move to cells based on
your current location.

Hope this helps

Hari

"Eléna" wrote in message
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Why do the cell references in part of the macro below
include negative numbers?


ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = "=RC[-2]-RC[-3]"
Range("C5").Select


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hi
In the example below, R stands for Row and C stands for
column.
Positive number For R mean down negative number mean up.
Positive number for c mean left negative number mean right
so RC[-2] means zero rows up/down and 2 columns to left.
if R[1]C[2] then
one row down and 2 column right.

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Why do the cell references in part of the macro below
include negative numbers?


ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = "=RC[-2]-RC[-3]"
Range("C5").Select
.