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how to reference the current sheet name in an function?
I am aware that you can reference other sheets in a function, but how do you reference the current sheet in one? IF(Current_sheet_name="user template", value_if_true, value_if_false) Thanks!
(the workbook must be saved)
If you run Excel 365:
=IF(TEXTAFTER(CELL("filename",A1),"]") = "user template", value_if_true, value_if_false)with other versions:
=IF(RIGHT(CELL("filename",A1),LEN(CELL("filename",A1))-SEARCH("]",CELL("filename",A1))) = "user template", value_if_true, value_if_false)
There is a subtle weakness to all of the solutions so far: they all assume that the filename and path do not contain the right square bracket ("]"). But in both Windows and Mac (OS X and later), filenames and paths can contain that character.
However, with the new text functions in Excel 365 and Excel for the Web, you can fix this weakness and greatly simplify the formula:
=TEXTAFTER(CELL("filename",A1),"]",-1)The TEXTAFTER function can be very useful for this sort of thing.
RichHoltonHowever the new functions in Excel solve a lot, there is still a certain weakness in this formula, if you have multiple worksheets of which you'd want to use the name, excel states the name of the last active worksheet is used all over the workbook. Better would be when Microsoft would add "worksheetname" in the possible list of "infotypes" and makes is worksheet dependent.
RichHolton Brilliant, after a lot of convoluted attempts (all beyond my knowledge though tbf), this worked a treat 👍
Nope, the question was if we are in right sheet or not. All answers assume we have "]" at the right. Compare your formula with one from Lorenzo above.
- The assumption is not only that we have "]" at the right. It's that the first instance of "]" is the separator between the path/filename and the sheet name.
But it's possible to have a path and/or filename that contains the "]" character. So, CELL("filename") could return something like
"D:\reports\reports [for review]\July report [new].xlsx]user template".
With that path/filename, the formulas in Lorenzo above will return the sheet name as
"\July report [new].xlsx]user template",
which would not be equal to "user template".
My suggested formula instead searches for the final "]". Since Excel doesn't allow that character in sheet names, the final "]" will always be the separator between the path/filename and the sheetname, regardless of any that might be in the path/filename.- Thanks for the explanation on this RichHolton!
