I'm trying to input a simple formula in the current active cell. The formula should include a rounding of a division of the cell to the left by the last cell with data on the same column (which is a total).
I'm using this:
Dim strAddress3 As String
strAddress3 = Range("G8").End(xlDown).Address
ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = "=+ROUND(RC[-1]/" & strAddress3 & ",2)"
Apparently, I can't use strAddress3 but I don't know why.
My apologies if this is a simple questions, I've been looking for an answer but couldn't find it.
.Address without further arguments returns the address in the xlA1 notation. I think you should use strAddress3 = Range("G8").End(xlDown).Address(true, true, xlR1C1 )
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I've got an Excel spreadsheet, with a Macro, that inserts a conditional formatting, like this:
Selection.FormatConditions.Add Type:=xlExpression, Formula1:="=UND($A3=""" & lastName & """; $B3=""" & firstName & """)"
As you can see, I've used the German formula for "AND" (i.e. "UND"), and obviously, this code doesn't work as soon as I use it on a French or English version of Excel.
Usually formulas are localized automatically, but how can I insert a formula during run-time that will work on ALL versions?
Ok, thanks for helping me with this, you've helped me crack this one.
It is indeed not possible to just use English. One can use English when operating on a formula, eg. by setting coding Range("A1").formula="AND(TRUE)", but this does not work with FormatConditions.
My solution is a function that writes a formula temporarily to a cell, reads it through the FormulaLocal property, and returns the localized formula, like so:
Function GetLocalizedFormula(formula As String)
' returns the English formula from the parameter in the local format
Dim temporary As String
temporary = Range("A1").formula
Range("A1").formula = formula
Dim result As String
result = Range("A1").FormulaLocal
Range("A1").formula = temporary
GetLocalizedFormula = result
End Function
The returned formula can be used on FormatConditions, which will be re-localized or un-localized when the document is later opened on a different-language version of Excel.
I just found a very elegant solution to the problem in a German Excel forum. This doesn't write to a dummy cell but rather uses a temporary named range. I used the original idea (credit to bst) to write a translating function for both directions.
Convert localized formula to English formula:
Public Function TranslateFormula_LocalToGeneric(ByVal iFormula As String) As String
Names.Add "temporaryFormula", RefersToLocal:=iFormula
TranslateFormula_LocalToGeneric = Names("temporaryFormula").RefersTo
Names("temporaryFormula").Delete
End Function
Convert English formula to localized formula:
Public Function TranslateFormula_GenericToLocal(ByVal iFormula As String) As String
Names.Add "temporaryFormula", RefersTo:=iFormula
TranslateFormula_GenericToLocal = Names("temporaryFormula").RefersToLocal
Names("temporaryFormula").Delete
End Function
This is very handy if you need to deal with formulas in conditional formatting, since these formulas are always stored as localized formulas (but you could need their generic version, e.g. to use Application.Evaluate(genericFormula)).
Store (a trivial version of) the formula in a (hidden) cell in your workbook.
Then when you open the workbook that formula will be translated automatically by excel for the user.
Now you just have to dissect this formula in your script (find the opening bracket "(" and take the past left of that:
Use something like:
strLocalizedFormula = Mid(strYourFormula, 2, InStr(1, strYourFormula, "(") - 2)
where strYourFormula will be a copy from the formula from your worksheet.
I hope this works as I only use an English environment.
Also from reading this:
http://vantedbits.blogspot.nl/2010/10/excel-vba-tip-translate-formulas.html
I am thinking you should (only) be able to use the english version of a cell formula from VBA.
Maybe try this (untested as I only have English version insatlled)
Write your international version of the formula to an out of the way cell using Range.Formula . Then read it back from Range.FormulaLocal, and write that string to the FormatConditions
I know this thread is ages old, and someone may have found an elegant solution, but I just had the same problem where I needed to apply conditional formatting without modifying the sheet, creating temporary cell contents or named ranges. All users use English language versions of Excel, so the functions used in the formulas are the same, but the regional settings vary by location, and therefore also the parameter separater; In Norwegian, it's ";" instead of ",", much like the rest of Europe, I guess.
For example, I needed to automatically create conditional formatting, using Excel formula for the following criterion:
.FormatConditions.Add xlExpression, Formula1:="=AND(ISNUMBER(B" & I & "),B" & I & ">=" & Ul1 & ")"
Where "Ul1" is a value defined in a previous step, and it's not important for the solution.
However, I needed to be able to run this on computers with both Norwegian and English settings
I and found a very short and simple solution from Andrew Pulsom here: https://www.mrexcel.com/board/threads/french-vba-vs-english-vba.729570/. He just made the parameter separator into a variable:
If Application.International(xlDecimalSeparator) = "," Then
Sep = ";"
Else
Sep = ","
End If
Cl1 = "=AND(ISNUMBER(B" & I & ")" & Sep & "B" & I & "<" & Ul1 & ")"
Worked like a charm for me :)
I know that this only solves part of the problem, but I assume that this could apply to many international companies which use English Office installations with local regional settings.
Thanks everyone! I found the post very useful.
My solution is a combination of others, I add it in case somebody finds it useful.
Dim tempform As String
Dim strlocalform1 As String
Dim strlocalform2 As String
' Get formula stored in WorksheetA Cell O1 =IFERROR(a,b)
tempform = Worksheets("Sheet").Range("O1").Formula
' Extract from the formula IFERROR statement in local language.
strlocalform1 = Mid(tempform, 2, InStr(1, tempform, "(") - 1)
' Extract from the formula separator , (comma) in local settings.
strlocalform2 = Mid(tempform, InStr(1, tempform, "a") + 1, 1)
' Add formula in local language to desired field.
pvt.CalculatedFields.Add Name:="NewField", Formula:="=" & strlocalform1 & "FORMULA" & strlocalform2 & ")"
Hope this helps!
Please refer to the link for more explanation: https://bettersolutions.com/csharp/excel-interop/locale-culture.htm
CultureInfo baseCulture = System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture;
Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = new CultureInfo(xlapp.LanguageSettings.LanguageID(Office.MsoAppLanguageID.msoLanguageIDUI));
// do something
System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = baseCulture;
I'm trying to add a formula to a specific cell using VBA. The formula needs to contain a variable which I calculated before within the VBA script.
The formula is looking like this:
ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 =
"=IFERROR(VLOOKUP(RC[-4],tbl_LTCSREP,rngCell_NoUsed.Column,FALSE),""NO LTCS
VALUE AVAILABLE"")"
The rngCell.Column variable is the one I calculated prior to that. When I do it this way, VBA just pastes the plain text in the cell and Excel itself is not able to use the value behind the variable and the VLOOKUP gives back an error.
Thank you in advance for your support.
It pastes your variable as text because you've written it as text, not a variable.
When you write "Hello someVariable", the compiler interprets someVariable as a piece of text instead of a variable.
Solution:
"Hello " & someVariable
Or for your case:
Dim str As String
str = "=IFERROR(VLOOKUP(RC[-4],tbl_LTCSREP, " & rngCell_NoUsed.Column & ",FALSE),""NO LTCS VALUE AVAILABLE"")"
ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = str
You'll see that we've closed off the first part of the string by adding a ". Then, we tell the compiler to concatenate (&) with the contents of the variable. Then we add another concatenation operator, and we've also added another " to signify that we are once again inputting pure text.
The result can be thought of more simply in this way:
"text" & content_from_a_variable & "more text"
That works perfectly fine.
I already tried to do that in one step like:
ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = "=IFERROR(VLOOKUP(RC[-4],tbl_LTCSREP," & _
rngCell_NoUsed.Column & ",FALSE),""NO LTCS VALUE AVAILABLE"")"
This did not work either.
But I got it. Thanks again.
I would like to put the below coding into a vba like a function. There is a bunch of data created already by VBA, and when the VBA does its work, then the following function should be run, but i dont know how to add to my vba so that the function always runs as long as data contains. The macro i created already puts the datasheet together, now instead of creating the below with lenthy codings, i just want my macro to run the below, like a man who clicks on the below right hand corner of the cell which contains the below function.
It should be something: Activesheet.ForulaR1C1 = "=RIGHT(AY4,LEN(AY4)-FIND(".",AY4))" something. Can someone help me? Thanks
ORIGINAL FUNCTION TO BE RUN "=RIGHT(AY4,LEN(AY4)-FIND(".",AY4))"
This is where I am at now:
Sub Project_numbers()
Dim j As Integer
Zorro = Range("AY" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
o = 4
Worksheets("MJE").Range("AF" & o).FormulaR1C1 = "=RIGHT(AE4,LEN(AE4)-FIND(".",AE4))"
o = o + 1
End Sub
You have a couple of problems here. The biggest is that you've got quotation marks in your formula. VBA reads these as the end of the string, so it's interpreting your formula as two separate text strings: =Right(AE4,LEN(AE4)-FIND( and ,AE4)), separated by a .. This isn't a structure VBA can do anything with, so it's going to fail at that point.
When you're inserting a formula with VBA that contains quotation marks, you need to use two quotes together to indicate that it's a literal quote mark that's part of the string, rather than the end of the string:
"=RIGHT(AE4,LEN(AE4)-FIND(""."",AE4))"
The second problem is that you're using the FormulaR1C1 method, which expects cell references to be given in R1C1 (row#column#) notation, rather than A1 notation, but then passing it a formula that uses A1 notation. Again, this is going to confuse the issue and produce errors.
I'm guessing you used the macro recorder to get the syntax, then inserted your own formula? The macro recorder, for some weird reason, loves to use the R1C1 reference style, but we can use a different method for written code.
The full line you need is:
Worksheets("MJE").Range("AF" & o).Formula = "=RIGHT(AE4,LEN(AE4)-FIND(""."",AE4))"
EDITED TO ADD:
With further information, specifically that you need the range referenced to change as you loop, you have some options on how to do it.
1. Use the R1C1 reference style
This allows you to include relative references in formulae easily. You'll use R to designate the formula's row, and C to designate its column; so a cell that referred to itself would simply be =RC. You can follow the R and C with numbers to designate specific rows and columns, so cell B2 would be =R2C2 - row 2, column 2. More usefully, you can use =R[#]C[#] to offset your formula by a certain amount.
In your formula, assuming it's always going to be looking at column AE but whichever row the formula is entered into, your line would be:
Worksheets("MJE").Range("AF" & o).FormulaR1C1 = "=RIGHT(RC31,LEN(RC31)-Find(""."",RC31))"
2. Build your formula from variables.
You already have a variable you can use, o, so we can combine that with the rest of the string to get the appropriate references. It's harder to read, though...
Worksheets("MJE").Range("AF" & o).Formula = "=RIGHT(AE" & o & ",LEN(AE" & o & ") - FIND(""."",AE" & o & "))"
Personally, I find this method rather cumbersome to work with, but it's an option.
3. Assign the formula to your entire range as a single operation
Personally, I prefer this option; I find it to be the neatest one. I'm assuming, from your formula, that your data starts on row 4, and you want the formula to go into every cell between AE4 and the end of your data, which is stored in Zorro. You can use this line to add the formula in one go:
Worksheets("MJE").Range("AF4","AF" & Zorro).Formula = "=RIGHT(AE4,LEN(AE4)-FIND(""."",AE4))"
The cell references will update automatically for each row. There's no need for a loop with this method - of course, if you're looping anyway, that may be no great saving.
I am trying to have some vba code to place the value of a formula and text into a specific cell. I want the code to say Leads:(value of formula). Currently my code runs the formula and places the value in the correct box. I just do not know how to add the text with it. The code I have is written below.
ws.Range("$B$1").Formula = "=COUNTIF(E:E,""Lead"")"
A custom Range.NumberFormat property will give you the displayed result while leaving the actual raw value in a numerical form for possible further computation or comparison.
with ws
with .range("B1") '<~~ no need for absolute $ anchors here
.formula = "=COUNTIF(E:E,""Lead"")"
.numberformat = "[=1]L\e\a\d\: 0;L\e\a\d\s\: 0"
end with
end with
Try this:
ws.Range("$B$1").Formula = "=""Leads:("" & COUNTIF(E:E,""Lead"")&"")"""
so that it ends up like the following when applied:
="Leads:(" & COUNTIF(E:E,"Lead")&")"
I came pretty close to solving my problem with this answer given by "barry houdini" But I run into problems incorporating it to my needs.
=SUMPRODUCT(VALUE(0&SUBSTITUTE(A1:A8,"*","")))
Edit #3 - #Rory came with a very good answer to solving my problem. But what I hadn't thought about was if you enter a non-numerical value inside a cell, then the formula returns an error. So I would really like to tweak the following formula to ignore the letter "x", or non-numerical values (if that's easier):
-
ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = "=SUMPRODUCT(VALUE(0&SUBSTITUTE(INDIRECT(""R10C:R[-1]C"",FALSE),""s"","""")))"
Dim Cell As Range
For Each Cell In Range("all_cells")
Cell.Formula = Range("one_cell").Formula
Next
What I'm now trying to do, is write a VBA script to summarize a dynamic range, AND include values that have an "S" behind them BUT not fail or return an error on any other letters. Most importantly the letter "x".
After that first formula is set, I want to autofill that formula to the right ; stopping on a known column.
End edit
For the sake of history and other google searches, here's the original code I used before having the "s" and "x" problem.
ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = _
"=SUM(INDIRECT(ADDRESS(10,COLUMN())&"":""&ADDRESS(ROW()-1,COLUMN())))"
What this does is basically summarize from a set row (row#10) and stop the summary on the row just before the cell with this formula.
Example of what I want to achieve: "3+4S+2 + x = 9"
; instead of "= 5" or "##"
I finally solved my problem!
I realized nesting the substitute formulas could be a nifty solution, and after several errors I realized that the range only needed to be mentioned once, and voila!
ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = "=SUMPRODUCT(VALUE(0&SUBSTITUTE(0&SUBSTITUTE(INDIRECT(""R10C:R[-1]C"",FALSE),""s"",""""),""x"","""")))"