Populating a cell from formula in another

Kannand · #1 02-26-2017, 02:04 PM

Is it possible to have a formula in one cell while the result populates another? For example, I have a formula in cell A5 which I'd like to use to populate cell B5. Is this possible?

Thanks in advance.

jeffreybrown · #2 02-26-2017, 02:25 PM

Can you give more specifics?

What's the formula in A5 and what exactly are you expecting in B5?

Kannand · #3 02-26-2017, 06:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jeffreybrown

Can you give more specifics?

What's the formula in A5 and what exactly are you expecting in B5?

I'm trying to update the column B with today's date based on the date value in column A and a couple of other values in other columns. If column B is already populated, I need to leave it untouched. I'm trying to get this in a macro so one could click a button to have this updated. The will be new records added to this spreadsheet every week and this update would be necessary.

Kannand · #4 02-26-2017, 08:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kannand

I'm trying to update the column B with today's date based on the date value in column A and a couple of other values in other columns. If column B is already populated, I need to leave it untouched. I'm trying to get this in a macro so one could click a button to have this updated. The will be new records added to this spreadsheet every week and this update would be necessary.

I just came across this code in another post, that seems to work....

Sub update all()
Active sheet.Range("j4:j1048517).Value =Active sheet.Range(l4:l1048517").Value
End Sub

jeffreybrown · #5 02-26-2017, 08:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kannand

I just came across this code in another post, that seems to work....

Still not sure exactly what you are doing as you talked about formulas and now you're talking macros. Not sure how what you posted seems to work when it doesn't even compile.

Code:

Sub update_all()
    Dim LR As Long
    With ActiveSheet
        LR = .Range("I" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
        .Range("J4:J" & LR).Value = .Range("I4:I" & LR).Value
    End With
End Sub

The code above will first look at column I to see what the last rows is then copied column I to column J.

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