Perfect! Thank you for your help. On Friday, August 31, 2012 12:09:50 PM UTC-4, mburkett wrote: > > 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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