Microsoft KB Archive/213765

= XL2000: Using a Worksheet Function in a Visual Basic Macro =

Article ID: 213765

Article Last Modified on 11/23/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q213765



For a Microsoft Excel 2002 version of this article, see 291309.

For a Microsoft Excel 98 and earlier version of this article, see 161120.



SUMMARY
You can call most built-in Microsoft Excel worksheet functions directly from a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro. This article describes how to use a built-in worksheet function in a macro.



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Using a Worksheet Function
You can use most built-in worksheet functions in a macro by calling the function as a method of the Application object or the WorksheetFunction object. For example, to successfully call the ACOS worksheet function, you can use the following line of code in a macro: X = WorksheetFunction.Acos(-1) NOTE: If you attempt to use a built-in worksheet function without qualifying the function with the Application or WorksheetFunction object, you may receive the following error message:

Sub or Function Not Defined

Visual Basic for Applications provides many functions that are equivalent to the built-in worksheet functions in Microsoft Excel. However, not all of the built-in worksheet functions will work with the Application or WorksheetFunction objects. You cannot use a built-in worksheet function in a macro by calling the function as a method of the Application object or the WorksheetFunction object if there is an equivalent function in Visual Basic.

