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aladou
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aladou asked in Computers & InternetSoftware · 1 decade ago

In Excel, is there a worksheet function to determine whether a cell contains a formula?

I want to take an action depending on whether cell D7 contains a formula or a constant value. I know I can set up a user-defined function that will do this, but is there a way to check this without setting up a UDF? I have Excel 2002.

Thanks

Update:

David H, thanks for that.

If there isn't a worksheet function, then "No" is a fine answer. I had previously set up the function below, but I would prefer if there was a way to check this without resorting to a user-defined function:

Option Explicit

Function IsFormula(rng As Range)

IsFormula = rng(1).HasFormula

End Function

Update 2:

Thanks Chaminda. Good to hear from you, and glad to to see you're still helping foks with Excel.

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  • voyager
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago
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    Hi aladou, try this. You dont have to use VBA. It is kind of conditional formatting.

    http://www.j-walk.com/ss/excel/usertips/tip045.htm

    EDIT ===========>

    but again, to incorporate that into a formula needs VBA. sorry.

    Source(s): http://www.j-walk.com/ss/excel/usertips/tip045.htm
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I don't see one built in so I made a custom function to do it. Open the VB Editor and paste this function into a new module.

    Function isformula(ref)

    Dim varformula As String

    Dim varvalue As String

    varformula = ref.Formula

    varvalue = ref.Value

    isformula = Not (varvalue = varformula)

    End Function

    Then you can call the function from worksheets in that workbook like this

    =isformula(a1)

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