[DrJ]

OK, so I found this on the web Excel: Convert Currency Number to Words/Text. User Defined/Custom Formula/Function

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~

[melondotnet]

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.

[satswid]

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