Formula Property

Applies To

Button Object, Buttons Collection, Picture Object, Pictures Collection, Range Object, Series Object, TextBox Object, TextBoxes Collection.

Description

Returns or sets the object's formula, in A1-style notation and the language of the macro. Read-write.

Remarks

If the cell contains a constant, this property returns the constant. If the cell is empty, it returns an empty string. If the cell contains a formula, it returns the formula as a string, in the same format as it would be displayed in the formula bar (including the equal sign).

If you set the value or formula of a cell to a date, Microsoft Excel checks to see if that cell is already formatted with one of the date or time number formats. If not, it changes the number format to the default short date number format.

If the range is a one- or two-dimensional range, you can set the formula to a Visual Basic array of the same dimensions. Similarly, you can put the formula into a Visual Basic array.

Setting the formula of a multi-cell range fills all cells in the range with the formula.

When used with a Picture object, the formula must use absolute A1-style notation.

See Also

FormulaArray Property, FormulaLocal Property, FormulaR1C1 Property, FormulaR1C1Local Property.

Example

This example sets the formula for cell A1 on Sheet1.


Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("A1").Formula = "=$A$4+$A$10"