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Monday, 2 June 2014

CELL Formula in MS Excel












This is the cell and contents to test. 17.50%















The cell address. $D$3 =CELL("address",D3)





The column number. 4 =CELL("col",D3)





The row number. 3 =CELL("row",D3)





The actual contents of the cell. 0.175 =CELL("contents",D3)





The type of entry in the cell.
Shown as b for blank, l for text, v for value.
v =CELL("type",D3)





The alignment of the cell.
Shown as ' for left, ^ for centre, " for right.
Nothing is shown for numeric entries.
=CELL("prefix",D3)





The width of the cell. 12 =CELL("width",D3)





The number format fo the cell.
(See the table shown below)
P2 =CELL("format",D3)





Formatted for braces ( ) on positive values.
1 for yes, 0 for no.
0 =CELL("parentheses",D3)





Formatted for coloured negatives.
1 for yes, 0 for no.
0 =CELL("color",D3)





The type of cell protection.
1 for a locked, 0 for unlocked.
1 =CELL("protect",D3)





The filename containing the cell. 'file:///home/ravneet/Downloads/EXCEL_Formulae01.xls.xls'#$CELL








=CELL("filename",D3)




What Does It Do ?







This function examines a cell and displays information about the contents, position and formatting.
















Syntax







=CELL("TypeOfInfoRequired",CellToTest)







The TypeOfInfoRequired is a text entry which must be surrounded with quotes " ".
















Formatting







No special formatting is needed.
















Codes used to show the formatting of the cell.

















Numeric Format Code






General G






0 F0






#,##0 ,0






0.00 F2






#,##0.00 ,2






$#,##0_);($#,##0) C0






$#,##0_);[Red]($#,##0) C0-






$#,##0.00_);($#,##0.00) C2






$#,##0.00_);[Red]($#,##0.00) C2-






0% P0






0.00% P2






0.00E+00 S2






# ?/? or # ??/?? G






m/d/yy or m/d/yy h:mm or mm/dd/yy. D4






d-mmm-yy or dd-mmm-yy D1






d-mmm or dd-mmm D2






mmm-yy D3






mm/dd D5






h:mm AM/PM D7






h:mm:ss AM/PM D6






h:mm D9






h:mm:ss D8























Example







The following example uses the =CELL() function as part of a formula which extracts the filename.

















The name of the current file is : #VALUE!





=MID(CELL("filename"),FIND("[",CELL("filename"))+1,FIND("]",CELL("filename"))-FIND("[",CELL("filename"))-1)







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