Your result is exactly what you told Excel to do.
when you put something in quotes ("), you're telling Excel to "take this string
LITERALLY"
and do not "evaluate" the string.
So you basically said to set the cell value to the value of 'indname' and
append a string.
You might as well say:
activecell.value = indname & " Excel is Fun!"
So, the problem is with the syntax.
What I would suggest that you do is manually enter the countif into a cell.
Something like:
=COUNTIF(Data!B2:B100,A4)
(using the appropriate ranges)
Then, "prefix" the cell formula with something like: "Test_Title:"
="Test_Title:" & COUNTIF(Data!B2:B100,A4)
Next, Fire up the Macro Recorder.
Simply click inside the formula and hit "enter".
(You don't really need to change anything)
Stop Recording and look at the macro.
You'll see a formula that looks something like:
ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = _
"=""Test_Title:"" & COUNTIF(Data!R[-3]C[-36]:R[96]C[-36],RC[-37])"
(your values will vary)
Now, replace "Test_Title" with your variable "indname"
Now, the problem here is that you want VBA to substitute the VALUE of "indname"
But you need the quotes (") in Excel.
So you'll actually have to add a couple of quotes.
Note: "=" means to add a literal string EQUAL SIGN
But how do you add a double-quote? (")
The trick here is that "special" characters like this are represented by using
them twice:
"" will represent a single (").
But """ doesn't work, because VBA interprets it as an OPEN delimiter, then
a quote string, and no closing delimiter.
So, actually to enter a double-quote, it takes (4) of them ("""")
this is (open delimiter)"(close delimiter)
if you want to include an equal sign (=) then it's: (open delimiter)="(close
delimiter)
or "="""
so your resulting macro code looks like:
ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = _
"=""" & indname & """ & COUNTIF(Data!R[-3]C[-36]:R[96]C[-36],RC[-37])"
in your example, it would probably be:
ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = "=""" & indname & """ &
COUNTIF(Stocks!C[-2]:C,Main!RC[-2])"
although I cannot test it.
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OK, I COULD have simply given you the syntax correction, but how can you learn
anything from THAT?
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Paul
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From: mburkett <michaelburk...@gmail.com>
To: excel-macros@googlegroups.com
Sent: Fri, August 31, 2012 12:38:20 PM
Subject: $$Excel-Macros$$ Combining variables with Excel Formulas
I have some code that is not working as I expected. I set a variable from a
value in a cell within the worksheet and add a countif formula. The result I
get
in the cell is the variable along with the formula as written (as opposed to
the
result of the formula). Ideas?
'set variable
indname = Selection.Value
ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = indname & "+=COUNTIF(Stocks!C[-2]:C,Main!RC[-2])"
'Here is the result in the cell: LC Consumer Staples Sector
+=COUNTIF(Stocks!C[-2]:C,Main!RC[-2])--
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