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will_pseudonym on May 8, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Gallery of programming UIs

With VBA, you can make a cell modify other cells.

osullivj on May 9, 2017 [–]

True. Excel makes a distinction between functions and commands. Functions can't modify other cells, commands can. Since VBA can be used for "automation" (invoking UI events) it can modify cells.

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