Dear Yu, That is an array formula which is applied by using Ctrl + Shift + Enter.
Best Regards, Jitendra On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 2:16 PM, Yu <vincent2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I've been programming VBA for around 1 and half years.But this is > the first time I encounter this . It is a not a VBA issue.it is a > Excel Function i guess. But I have no idea what it is. > > Here is what it does: Retreive Financial Calendar from a specified > date to a specified data via Reuters Excel add-in (Reuter is data > provider). Reuters has provided the function already. > > The Function provided by Reuters is =DfListHolidays > ("Country","StartingDate","EndofDate"). Pretty straightforward. For > instance,if I wanna know USA financial banking holiday from 2005 to > 2010, i just type in =DfListHolidays("USA","2005","2010") > > The thing is when you type in =DfListHolidays("USA","2005","2010") > in one cell, it only shows the first banking holiday. When you drag > that formula down ,all cells also show the same date as first cell. > > BUT... someone else has used {=DfListHolidays > ("USA","2005","2010")} in a column. and cells in that column show all > banking holidays from 2005 to 2010. > > My question is what is { } ? How does it work? > > I have upload the file called "Kalender_ViaReuters.xls" to the > group. Thanks for any ideas! > > Please also email anytime if you are not clear what I mean. > > Vincent Zheng > > Denmark > > > > -- Thanks & Best Regards, Jitendra Kumar Mobile # +91 9971694675 Alt. Email - jitendra_kumar...@yahoo.com "It's not the strongest species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the most responsive to change" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some important links for excel users: 1. Excel and VBA Tutorials(Video and Text), Free add-ins downloads at http://www.excelitems.com 2. Excel tutorials at http://www.excel-macros.blogspot.com 3. Learn VBA Macros at http://www.vbamacros.blogspot.com 4. Excel Tips and Tricks at http://exceldailytip.blogspot.com To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com If you find any spam message in the group, please send an email to: Ayush Jain @ jainayus...@gmail.com or Ashish Jain @ 26may.1...@gmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---