Excel query - need help in setting up formula

Question

I have cell A and cell B. Both the cells contain some numeric value, say 2.

Now if i put 3 in cell A, cell B value should automatically update to 5 and so on.

Again, if i put 5 in cell A, cell B value should be 10.

Hope i have made myself clear...

Any help would be really appreciated.

Thanks Rakesh

Answer 1

This will work for cells A1 and B1. Put the following event macro in the worksheet code area:

Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
    If Intersect(Range("A1"), Target) Is Nothing Then Exit Sub
    Application.EnableEvents = False
        [B1] = [B1] + [A1]
    Application.EnableEvents = True
End Sub

Because it is worksheet code, it is very easy to install and automatic to use:

1. right-click the tab name near the bottom of the Excel window
2. select View Code - this brings up a VBE window
3. paste the stuff in and close the VBE window

If you have any concerns, first try it on a trial worksheet.

If you save the workbook, the macro will be saved with it. If you are using a version of Excel later then 2003, you must save the file as .xlsm rather than .xlsx

To remove the macro:

1. bring up the VBE windows as above
2. clear the code out
3. close the VBE window

To learn more about macros in general, see:

http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/getstarted.htm

and

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee814735(v=office.14).aspx

To learn more about Event Macros (worksheet code), see:

http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/event.htm

Macros must be enabled for this to work!