_Application.Evaluate Method
Converts a Microsoft Excel name to an object or a value.
Namespace: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel
Assembly: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel (in Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Function Evaluate ( _
Name As Object _
) As Object
'Usage
Dim instance As _Application
Dim Name As Object
Dim returnValue As Object
returnValue = instance.Evaluate(Name)
Object Evaluate(
Object Name
)
Parameters
Name
Type: System.ObjectRequired Object. The name of the object, using the naming convention of Microsoft Excel.
Return Value
Type: System.Object
Remarks
The following types of names in Microsoft Excel can be used with this method:
A1-style references. You can use any reference to a single cell in A1-style notation. All references are considered to be absolute references.
Ranges. You can use the range, intersect, and union operators (colon, space, and comma, respectively) with references.
Defined names. You can specify any name in the language of the macro.
External references. You can use the ! operator to refer to a cell or to a name defined in another workbook — for example, Evaluate("[BOOK1.XLS]Sheet1!A1").
Note
Using square brackets (for example, "[A1:C5]") is identical to calling the Evaluate method with a string argument. The advantage of using square brackets is that the code is shorter. The advantage of using Evaluate is that the argument is a string, so you can either construct the string in your code or use a variable.