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I'm new here.

I'm trying to set the formula of a cell to a given string as below, but am getting a run-time error '1004': Application-defined or object-defined error. The cell is on the active sheet and I can set the formula to blank in the immediate window but I cannot set it to the formula below without hitting the error.

Cells(47, i).Formula = "=('sheetName'!$C$105-SUM(OFFSET($C$47,0,0,1," + _
    CStr(i - 3) + ")))/(COLUMN($N$47)-COLUMN(" + _
    CStr(i - 1) + "$47))"

I'm wondering if there is some special character restrictions on the string?

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    something wrong with this part: COLUMN(" + CStr(i - 1) + "$47))" because as I see CStr(i - 1) will return number Commented Feb 12, 2014 at 20:41
  • Nevermind! Rookie-mistake. I have the second use of CStr above sending in a number as a cell reference. I set it to Col_Letter(CLng(i - 1)) instead and it works just fine. Col_Letter is a function which returns the letter value of the column number given. Commented Feb 12, 2014 at 20:51
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    Thanks simoco, you're absolutely right. Commented Feb 12, 2014 at 20:52

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You are getting an error because of this

COLUMN(" + CStr(i - 1) + "$47))"

The cell address has to be like A1 i.e a Letter and then the Number.

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just added the same comment:)
OH I am sorry. I can delete my answer. You can put that as an answer if you want.
Thanks Siddharth, thanks simoco, that was the problem exactly. I fixed it by using Col_Letter(CLng(i - 1)), which returns the column letter corresponding to the long value given.

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