Function Macros Do Not Require an Argument Function

Last reviewed: November 3, 1994
Article ID: Q68059

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 2.x, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0
Microsoft Excel for OS/2, versions 2.2, 3.0

SUMMARY

"Running Microsoft Excel," by the Cobb Group, states on page 598 that

   ...every function macro must include at least one ARGUMENT function.

This is incorrect.

There needs to be one ARGUMENT function for each argument that the function macro should accept, but an argument is not required. For example, the following function macro is correct:

   A1: Today
   A2: =choose(weekday(now()),"Sun","Mon",...,"Sat")
   A3: =return(A2)

Entering "=Macrosheet!Today()" in a cell on a worksheet returns the current day of the week in text.

(Note: this is true for version 5.0 macro sheets, but not modules.)

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Last reviewed: November 3, 1994
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