OK, so I found this on the web Excel: Convert Currency Number to Words/Text. User Defined/Custom Formula/Function (http://www.ozgrid.com/VBA/CurrencyToWords.htm)

It gave me a VB code to use to convert currency into its text representation (like you would write out on a check).

[btw, I'm a total newbie to VB so bear with me]

So I added a module and copied the code in (I'll paste the code at the bottom of this post). I then selected the new user defined function and viola, it worked! Then somewhere along the way, it stopped working.

I went back and started all over again with the VB commands but still can't get it to work. I know I am referencing the right cell and it has a value in it but I am getting the #NAME? Error. Here is what I have

B18 = $5,000.00
C18 = =ConvertCurrencyToEnglish(B18)

The Module code is as this:



Function ConvertCurrencyToEnglish (ByVal MyNumber)
Dim Temp
Dim Dollars, Cents
Dim DecimalPlace, Count

ReDim Place(9) As String
Place(2) = " Thousand "
Place(3) = " Million "
Place(4) = " Billion "
Place(5) = " Trillion "

' Convert MyNumber to a string, trimming extra spaces.
MyNumber = Trim(Str(MyNumber))

' Find decimal place.
DecimalPlace = InStr(MyNumber, ".")

' If we find decimal place...
If DecimalPlace > 0 Then
' Convert cents
Temp = Left(Mid(MyNumber, DecimalPlace + 1) & "00", 2)
Cents = ConvertTens(Temp)

' Strip off cents from remainder to convert.
MyNumber = Trim(Left(MyNumber, DecimalPlace - 1))
End If

Count = 1
Do While MyNumber <> ""
' Convert last 3 digits of MyNumber to English dollars.
Temp = ConvertHundreds(Right(MyNumber, 3))
If Temp <> "" Then Dollars = Temp & Place(Count) & Dollars
If Len(MyNumber) > 3 Then
' Remove last 3 converted digits from MyNumber.
MyNumber = Left(MyNumber, Len(MyNumber) - 3)
Else
MyNumber = ""
End If
Count = Count + 1
Loop

' Clean up dollars.
Select Case Dollars
Case ""
Dollars = "No Dollars"
Case "One"
Dollars = "One Dollar"
Case Else
Dollars = Dollars & " Dollars"
End Select

' Clean up cents.
Select Case Cents
Case ""
Cents = " And No Cents"
Case "One"
Cents = " And One Cent"
Case Else
Cents = " And " & Cents & " Cents"
End Select

ConvertCurrencyToEnglish = Dollars & Cents
End Function



Private Function ConvertHundreds (ByVal MyNumber)
Dim Result As String

' Exit if there is nothing to convert.
If Val(MyNumber) = 0 Then Exit Function

' Append leading zeros to number.
MyNumber = Right("000" & MyNumber, 3)

' Do we have a hundreds place digit to convert?
If Left(MyNumber, 1) <> "0" Then
Result = ConvertDigit(Left(MyNumber, 1)) & " Hundred "
End If

' Do we have a tens place digit to convert?
If Mid(MyNumber, 2, 1) <> "0" Then
Result = Result & ConvertTens(Mid(MyNumber, 2))
Else
' If not, then convert the ones place digit.
Result = Result & ConvertDigit(Mid(MyNumber, 3))
End If

ConvertHundreds = Trim(Result)
End Function



Private Function ConvertTens (ByVal MyTens)
Dim Result As String

' Is value between 10 and 19?
If Val(Left(MyTens, 1)) = 1 Then
Select Case Val(MyTens)
Case 10: Result = "Ten"
Case 11: Result = "Eleven"
Case 12: Result = "Twelve"
Case 13: Result = "Thirteen"
Case 14: Result = "Fourteen"
Case 15: Result = "Fifteen"
Case 16: Result = "Sixteen"
Case 17: Result = "Seventeen"
Case 18: Result = "Eighteen"
Case 19: Result = "Nineteen"
Case Else
End Select
Else
' .. otherwise it's between 20 and 99.
Select Case Val(Left(MyTens, 1))
Case 2: Result = "Twenty "
Case 3: Result = "Thirty "
Case 4: Result = "Forty "
Case 5: Result = "Fifty "
Case 6: Result = "Sixty "
Case 7: Result = "Seventy "
Case 8: Result = "Eighty "
Case 9: Result = "Ninety "
Case Else
End Select

' Convert ones place digit.
Result = Result & ConvertDigit(Right(MyTens, 1))
End If

ConvertTens = Result
End Function



Private Function ConvertDigit (ByVal MyDigit)
Select Case Val(MyDigit)
Case 1: ConvertDigit = "One"
Case 2: ConvertDigit = "Two"
Case 3: ConvertDigit = "Three"
Case 4: ConvertDigit = "Four"
Case 5: ConvertDigit = "Five"
Case 6: ConvertDigit = "Six"
Case 7: ConvertDigit = "Seven"
Case 8: ConvertDigit = "Eight"
Case 9: ConvertDigit = "Nine"
Case Else: ConvertDigit = ""
End Select
End Function


I have also tried specifying the .xls file when calling the module (EX: ='Loan Mod App.xls'!Module1.ConvertCurrencyToEnglish(B18) --- and even adding the Sheet Name into the equation... regardless, its finding the VB code but no longer doing it properly.


Any ideas??


Thanks!

~J~

Got lost! - Make sure that you take of the dollar symbol, else it will try handeling it as an integer, which is always bad. Just to check, does scr(val) convert 'val' into a String? Ages since I used VBA...

I also believe that your first array writing may be wrong:

Place(2) = " Thousand "
Place(3) = " Million "
Place(4) = " Billion "
Place(5) = " Trillion "

=

Place(2) = " Thousand "
Place(3) = " Million "
Place(6) = " Billion "
Place(9) = " Trillion "

Last thing: When do you actually edit the cell you need to, I can't find it anywhere.

Range(BLAH,BLAH).FormulaR1C1 = ConvertCurrencyToEnglish

Hope this was a help.

You are having a perfectly working code.
You are just not calling function

Just try this

DIM B18 AS DOUBLE, C18 AS STRING
B18 = 5,000.00
C18 = =ConvertCurrencyToEnglish(B18)
MSGBOX C18


IT WORKS