I have the following expression in a line of code that I am writing. The
fld_name(colm) is an array of names that may be on a given sheet. The
statement results in an application defined error, since the fld_name(2) does
not exist. How do I check for the existence of a name?

I did search the general question and the programming groups, did not find a
close enough answer.

a1 = ActiveWorkbook.Names(fld_name(colm)).RefersTo
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Sajit
Abu Dhabi

Thanks Dave, I suppose there isn't a direct function that would tell this,
such as a isnull, isempty etc.
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Sajit
Abu Dhabi


"Dave Peterson" wrote:

dim myName as Name
set myname = nothing
on error resume next
set myname = ActiveWorkbook.Names(fld_name(colm))
on error goto 0

if myname is nothing then
'it doesn't exist
else
a1 = myname.refersto
end if

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Or you could do something like:

a1 = ""
on error resume next
a1 = ActiveWorkbook.Names(fld_name(colm)).RefersTo
on error goto 0

if a1 = "" then
'something bad happened
else
'do what you want
end if



Sajit wrote:

I have the following expression in a line of code that I am writing. The
fld_name(colm) is an array of names that may be on a given sheet. The
statement results in an application defined error, since the fld_name(2) does
not exist. How do I check for the existence of a name?

I did search the general question and the programming groups, did not find a
close enough answer.

a1 = ActiveWorkbook.Names(fld_name(colm)).RefersTo
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Sajit
Abu Dhabi

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Dave Peterson