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Old Apr 12th, 2002, 01:49 PM   #1
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I remember seeing a response recently about a formula that takes the worksheet "name" and then inserts that into a cell on that worksheet.


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Old Apr 12th, 2002, 02:01 PM   #2
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On 2002-04-12 12:49, shades wrote:
I remember seeing a response recently about a formula that takes the worksheet "name" and then inserts that into a cell on that worksheet.


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Try =MID(CELL("filename"),FIND("]",CELL("filename"),1)+1,255)


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Old Apr 12th, 2002, 02:02 PM   #3
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http://www.mrexcel.com/board/viewtop...c=3816&forum=2

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Old Apr 12th, 2002, 02:06 PM   #4
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try this


Sub sheet_name()
Range("a1") = ActiveSheet.Name
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Old Apr 12th, 2002, 02:10 PM   #5
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Thanks, Ivan, that's the approach I'm looking for.

However, that only works once in the entire workbook.

I have seven tabs: Q1-01, Q2-01, Q3-01 Q4-01, Q1-Q2, Q1-Q3, Q1-Q4.

Once I pasted in your formula into cell Q1-01!J3, it did what I wanted ("Q1-01" was in the cell). But when I pasted the formula into another sheet (Q2-01!J3), it took the name of that one ("Q2-01"), and then when I went back to worksheet Q1-01, that cell (Q1-01!J3) had changed to Q2-01.
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Old Apr 12th, 2002, 02:10 PM   #6
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Hi,

If you want a worksheet function which is easier to use than the =MID(CELL(....

try the following UDF:

Public Function NameSheet()
NameSheet = Application.Caller.Parent.Name
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Called as =NAMESHEET()
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Old Apr 12th, 2002, 02:14 PM   #7
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if you use Ivan's approach you should add a cell reference (a1) after "filename" to the formula to assure you get name of the active sheet without the need to recalc:

=MID(CELL("filename",a1),FIND("]",CELL("filename",a1),1)+1,255)



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Thanks, everyone!

Ricky, that little extra made the difference. And all of you made my day!!!
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Old Apr 12th, 2002, 03:00 PM   #9
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On 2002-04-12 13:14, Ricky Morris wrote:
if you use Ivan's approach you should add a cell reference (a1) after "filename" to the formula to assure you get name of the active sheet without the need to recalc:

=MID(CELL("filename",a1),FIND("]",CELL("filename",a1),1)+1,255)



Good one Ricky...I'd forgotten about that for
Multisheet use.

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