Did you try text format? you can give text format to range by selecting text in format cell option
On 16/09/2011, John Holland <h...@superjetlag.com> wrote: > I have formatted a column in a spreadsheet as Text. With VBA i am > writing a string variable into a cell of that column. The string > variable happens to contain a number and i get the green triangle in > the particular cell indicating that i am writing a number as text. > However, it is formatted as a string variable. Testing the particular > cell, if i put a number preceded by an apostrophe in that cell, also i > get the error of writing number as text. > What i want is to have a text string into that cell as text, even if > it includes a number, > can anyone help me out of this weird problem? > cheers, > JH > > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Some important links for excel users: > 1. Follow us on TWITTER for tips tricks and links : > http://twitter.com/exceldailytip > 2. Join our LinkedIN group @ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1871310 > 3. Excel tutorials at http://www.excel-macros.blogspot.com > 4. Learn VBA Macros at http://www.quickvba.blogspot.com > 5. Excel Tips and Tricks at http://exceldailytip.blogspot.com > > To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com > > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> > Like our page on facebook , Just follow below link > http://www.facebook.com/discussexcel > -- Sent from my mobile device Regards Rajan verma +91 9158998701 -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some important links for excel users: 1. Follow us on TWITTER for tips tricks and links : http://twitter.com/exceldailytip 2. Join our LinkedIN group @ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1871310 3. Excel tutorials at http://www.excel-macros.blogspot.com 4. Learn VBA Macros at http://www.quickvba.blogspot.com 5. Excel Tips and Tricks at http://exceldailytip.blogspot.com To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Like our page on facebook , Just follow below link http://www.facebook.com/discussexcel
