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Ben

Quotation marks within a formula
 
=BLPH(A1,B2,"28/2/2001","17/4/2007",0,FALSE,"D","N","
",TRUE,1600,2,FALSE,"P"," "," ")

I am trying to get a macro to input this formula in cell A1.
I've used the following line of code:

Range("A1").Formula=
"=BLPH(A1,B2,"28/02/2001","17/04/2007",0,FALSE,"D","N","
",TRUE,1600,2,FALSE,"P"," "," ")"

Unfortunately the editor does not allow this to be input as a line of code I
get an error message saying Compile error. Expected :End of statement. I'm
sure that it has to do with the quotation marks within the formula. What is
the correct syntax for this please.
Thank you

Vergel Adriano

Quotation marks within a formula
 
Ben,

you'll need to double the quotation marks that are inside your string...
like this:

Range("A1").Formula =
"=BLPH(A1,B2,""28/2/2001"",""17/4/2007"",0,FALSE,""D"",""N"","""",TRUE,1600,2,FALSE, ""P"","" "","" "")"


--
Hope that helps.

Vergel Adriano


"Ben" wrote:

=BLPH(A1,B2,"28/2/2001","17/4/2007",0,FALSE,"D","N","
",TRUE,1600,2,FALSE,"P"," "," ")

I am trying to get a macro to input this formula in cell A1.
I've used the following line of code:

Range("A1").Formula=
"=BLPH(A1,B2,"28/02/2001","17/04/2007",0,FALSE,"D","N","
",TRUE,1600,2,FALSE,"P"," "," ")"

Unfortunately the editor does not allow this to be input as a line of code I
get an error message saying Compile error. Expected :End of statement. I'm
sure that it has to do with the quotation marks within the formula. What is
the correct syntax for this please.
Thank you


Ben

Quotation marks within a formula
 
I have amended the macro as follows

Cell D1 contains 28/2/02 formatted as a date
Cell E1 contains the formula Text(D1,"dd/mm/yyyy") and it correctly shows
28/02/2001 as a string

Sub EnterFormula()
Start_date = Range("E1")
Range("A3").Formula = "=BLPH(A1,B2," & Start_date &
",""17/04/2007"",0,FALSE,""D"",""N"","" "",TRUE,1600,2,FALSE,""P"","" "",""
"")"
End Sub

The resulting formula in A3 appears as follows

=BLPH(A1,B2,28/2/2001,"17/04/2007",0,FALSE,"D","N","
",TRUE,1600,2,FALSE,"P"," "," ")

This is mostly correct except that the first date appears as 28/2/2001
instead of 28/02/2001

Thes second problem is that my objective is to surround the first date with
quotation marks like the second date in the formula.

Howver if I amend the code as follows

Sub EnterFormula()
Start_date = Range("E1")
Range("A3").Formula = "=BLPH(A1,B2," & """ & Start_date & """ &
",""17/04/2007"",0,FALSE,""D"",""N"","" "",TRUE,1600,2,FALSE,""P"","" "",""
"")"
End Sub

The result produced in A3 is a as follows

=BLPH(A1,B2," & Start_date & ","17/04/2007",0,FALSE,"D","N","
",TRUE,1600,2,FALSE,"P"," "," ")

This is not what I'm trying to achieve. My objective is for the value of
Start_date to appear as 28/02/2001 and it should be surrounded by quotation
marks as in the second date. How can I achieve this.

Thank you

"Vergel Adriano" wrote:

Ben,

you'll need to double the quotation marks that are inside your string...
like this:

Range("A1").Formula =
"=BLPH(A1,B2,""28/2/2001"",""17/4/2007"",0,FALSE,""D"",""N"","""",TRUE,1600,2,FALSE, ""P"","" "","" "")"


--
Hope that helps.

Vergel Adriano


"Ben" wrote:

=BLPH(A1,B2,"28/2/2001","17/4/2007",0,FALSE,"D","N","
",TRUE,1600,2,FALSE,"P"," "," ")

I am trying to get a macro to input this formula in cell A1.
I've used the following line of code:

Range("A1").Formula=
"=BLPH(A1,B2,"28/02/2001","17/04/2007",0,FALSE,"D","N","
",TRUE,1600,2,FALSE,"P"," "," ")"

Unfortunately the editor does not allow this to be input as a line of code I
get an error message saying Compile error. Expected :End of statement. I'm
sure that it has to do with the quotation marks within the formula. What is
the correct syntax for this please.
Thank you


Vergel Adriano

Quotation marks within a formula
 
Ben,

Try it this way:

Sub EnterFormula()
Dim Start_date As String
Start_date = Range("E1").Text
Range("A3").Formula = "=BLPH(A1,B2,""" & Start_date &
""",""17/04/2007"",0,FALSE,""D"",""N"","" "",TRUE,1600,2,FALSE,""P"","" "",""
"")"
End Sub


--
Hope that helps.

Vergel Adriano


"Ben" wrote:

I have amended the macro as follows

Cell D1 contains 28/2/02 formatted as a date
Cell E1 contains the formula Text(D1,"dd/mm/yyyy") and it correctly shows
28/02/2001 as a string

Sub EnterFormula()
Start_date = Range("E1")
Range("A3").Formula = "=BLPH(A1,B2," & Start_date &
",""17/04/2007"",0,FALSE,""D"",""N"","" "",TRUE,1600,2,FALSE,""P"","" "",""
"")"
End Sub

The resulting formula in A3 appears as follows

=BLPH(A1,B2,28/2/2001,"17/04/2007",0,FALSE,"D","N","
",TRUE,1600,2,FALSE,"P"," "," ")

This is mostly correct except that the first date appears as 28/2/2001
instead of 28/02/2001

Thes second problem is that my objective is to surround the first date with
quotation marks like the second date in the formula.

Howver if I amend the code as follows

Sub EnterFormula()
Start_date = Range("E1")
Range("A3").Formula = "=BLPH(A1,B2," & """ & Start_date & """ &
",""17/04/2007"",0,FALSE,""D"",""N"","" "",TRUE,1600,2,FALSE,""P"","" "",""
"")"
End Sub

The result produced in A3 is a as follows

=BLPH(A1,B2," & Start_date & ","17/04/2007",0,FALSE,"D","N","
",TRUE,1600,2,FALSE,"P"," "," ")

This is not what I'm trying to achieve. My objective is for the value of
Start_date to appear as 28/02/2001 and it should be surrounded by quotation
marks as in the second date. How can I achieve this.

Thank you

"Vergel Adriano" wrote:

Ben,

you'll need to double the quotation marks that are inside your string...
like this:

Range("A1").Formula =
"=BLPH(A1,B2,""28/2/2001"",""17/4/2007"",0,FALSE,""D"",""N"","""",TRUE,1600,2,FALSE, ""P"","" "","" "")"


--
Hope that helps.

Vergel Adriano


"Ben" wrote:

=BLPH(A1,B2,"28/2/2001","17/4/2007",0,FALSE,"D","N","
",TRUE,1600,2,FALSE,"P"," "," ")

I am trying to get a macro to input this formula in cell A1.
I've used the following line of code:

Range("A1").Formula=
"=BLPH(A1,B2,"28/02/2001","17/04/2007",0,FALSE,"D","N","
",TRUE,1600,2,FALSE,"P"," "," ")"

Unfortunately the editor does not allow this to be input as a line of code I
get an error message saying Compile error. Expected :End of statement. I'm
sure that it has to do with the quotation marks within the formula. What is
the correct syntax for this please.
Thank you


Ben

Quotation marks within a formula
 
That works perfectly, Thank you

"Ben" wrote:

I have amended the macro as follows

Cell D1 contains 28/2/02 formatted as a date
Cell E1 contains the formula Text(D1,"dd/mm/yyyy") and it correctly shows
28/02/2001 as a string

Sub EnterFormula()
Start_date = Range("E1")
Range("A3").Formula = "=BLPH(A1,B2," & Start_date &
",""17/04/2007"",0,FALSE,""D"",""N"","" "",TRUE,1600,2,FALSE,""P"","" "",""
"")"
End Sub

The resulting formula in A3 appears as follows

=BLPH(A1,B2,28/2/2001,"17/04/2007",0,FALSE,"D","N","
",TRUE,1600,2,FALSE,"P"," "," ")

This is mostly correct except that the first date appears as 28/2/2001
instead of 28/02/2001

Thes second problem is that my objective is to surround the first date with
quotation marks like the second date in the formula.

Howver if I amend the code as follows

Sub EnterFormula()
Start_date = Range("E1")
Range("A3").Formula = "=BLPH(A1,B2," & """ & Start_date & """ &
",""17/04/2007"",0,FALSE,""D"",""N"","" "",TRUE,1600,2,FALSE,""P"","" "",""
"")"
End Sub

The result produced in A3 is a as follows

=BLPH(A1,B2," & Start_date & ","17/04/2007",0,FALSE,"D","N","
",TRUE,1600,2,FALSE,"P"," "," ")

This is not what I'm trying to achieve. My objective is for the value of
Start_date to appear as 28/02/2001 and it should be surrounded by quotation
marks as in the second date. How can I achieve this.

Thank you

"Vergel Adriano" wrote:

Ben,

you'll need to double the quotation marks that are inside your string...
like this:

Range("A1").Formula =
"=BLPH(A1,B2,""28/2/2001"",""17/4/2007"",0,FALSE,""D"",""N"","""",TRUE,1600,2,FALSE, ""P"","" "","" "")"


--
Hope that helps.

Vergel Adriano


"Ben" wrote:

=BLPH(A1,B2,"28/2/2001","17/4/2007",0,FALSE,"D","N","
",TRUE,1600,2,FALSE,"P"," "," ")

I am trying to get a macro to input this formula in cell A1.
I've used the following line of code:

Range("A1").Formula=
"=BLPH(A1,B2,"28/02/2001","17/04/2007",0,FALSE,"D","N","
",TRUE,1600,2,FALSE,"P"," "," ")"

Unfortunately the editor does not allow this to be input as a line of code I
get an error message saying Compile error. Expected :End of statement. I'm
sure that it has to do with the quotation marks within the formula. What is
the correct syntax for this please.
Thank you



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