Using a worksheet function in a Visual Basic macro in Excel

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)

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 can't 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.

References

For additional information about the worksheet functions that are not supported with the Application or WorksheetFunction objects, see Not All Worksheet Functions Supported As Methods of Application Object.