You could also use the MID function instead of REPLACE
example
=MID(CELL("filename"),FIND("]",CELL("filename"))+1,31)
Note that the second formula in my previous post requires enabling your
macro settings. So I am not sure how much that is helpful in the end
(assuming the reason you wanted to do it using formula was to avoid having
to do anything to do with macro in the first place)
Regards,
Sam
On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 9:44 PM, Sam Mathai Chacko <samde...@gmail.com>wrote:
> I would agree with Paul. The best thing to do is to write a function like
> this
>
> Function PREVSHEETNAME() As String
>
> On Error Resume Next
> PREVSHEETNAME = ActiveSheet.Previous.Name
> Application.Volatile
>
> End Function
>
> On the contrary, if you are still intent on doing this with formula, you
> could try a rather unconventional method using XLM formulas
>
> Create two named ranges as below
>
> SheetName =REPLACE(CELL("filename"),1,FIND("]",CELL("filename")),"")
>
> SheetNames = REPLACE(GET.WORKBOOK(1),1,FIND("]",GET.WORKBOOK(1)),"")
>
> And in your sheet (starting from the second sheet of course), use the
> formula =INDEX(SheetNames,MATCH(SheetName,SheetNames,0)-1)
>
> Regards,
>
> Sam Mathai Chacko
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 7:01 PM, Paul Schreiner <schreiner_p...@att.net>wrote:
>
>> How do you define "Previous Sheet Name"?
>> Do you mean the name of the sheet before it was changed to the current
>> name?
>> or do you mean the name of the sheet immediately to the left of the
>> selected sheet?
>>
>> Also, you said "using formula", does that mean you wish for an excel
>> function that will show (in a cell) whatever it is you refer to as
>> "Previous Sheet Name"?
>>
>> If you're wanting the name of the sheet immediately to the left,
>> I doubt very much that we can do it using "standard" Excel functions.
>> We can create a function that looks in the Sheets() array for the current
>> sheet name,
>> then determines the name of the sheet with the "previous" array index...
>>
>>
>>
>> *Paul*
>>
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>> *From:* Sundarvelan N <nsund...@gmail.com>
>> *To:* excel-macros@googlegroups.com
>> *Sent:* Wed, March 27, 2013 9:12:14 AM
>> *Subject:* $$Excel-Macros$$ Previous sheet name using formula
>>
>> Dear Friends,
>>
>> Please help me to get the previous sheet name using formula
>> Thanks
>> N.Sundarvelan
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