WorksheetBase.Evaluate Method

Article
06/14/2013

Converts a Microsoft Office Excel name to an object or a value.

Namespace: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel
Assembly: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.v4.0.Utilities (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.v4.0.Utilities.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function Evaluate ( _
    name As Object _
) As Object

public Object Evaluate(
    Object name
)

Parameters

name
Type: System.Object

The name of the object, using the naming convention of Excel.

Return Value

Type: System.Object

Remarks

The following types of names in Excel can be used with this method:

Defined names. You can specify any name.
External references. You can use the ! operator to refer to a worksheet defined in another workbook.

Examples

The following code example uses the Evaluate method to evaluate the value of cell A1 as an input into the Excel SIN function.

This example is for a document-level customization.

Private Sub EvaluateSIN()
    Me.Range("A1").Value2 = 90
    MsgBox(Me.Evaluate("SIN(A1)").ToString())
End Sub

private void EvaluateSIN()
{
    this.Range["A1"].Value2 = 90;
    MessageBox.Show(this.Evaluate("SIN(A1)").ToString());
}

.NET Framework Security

Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

Share via