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Tue 18 Mar 2008, 16:05 Delegate James said...

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Functions within functions

How do you call a predefined function in a User defined function?

Fri 28 Mar 2008, 09:58 Edited on Fri 28 Mar 2008, 09:59 Trainer Stephen said...

RE: Functions within functions

Hi James

Thank you for your question

I am assuming that you want to use one of the standard functions within your user defined function

To do this use need to use the work sheet function property of the application object.

For example the following code calculates the average of a range of cells and then returns it to a variable called MyAverage

MyAverage = Application.WorksheetFunction.Average("B1:D15")

Hope this is useful

Regards

Stephen

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Checking formulas with multiple operators

When dealing with formulas containing more than one operator (+, -, /, *), Excel follow standard BEDMAS order of operation rules. These rules specify the order that calculations will be performed in, regardless of how the formula reads left to right:

B = brackets
E = exponents
D = division
M = multiplication
A = addition
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It should be noted that multiplication and division are considered equal; as are addition and subtraction.

If you would like to check the order in which Excel is performing calculations in a formula, simply click on the cell containing the formula. Then go to Tools - Formula Auditing and select Evaluate Formula.

In the Evaluate Formula dialogue box that appears on your screen, click the Evaluate button to see how Excel calculates the formula result.

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