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Asked: 2026-06-14T05:14:58+00:00

I am trying to use a multidimensional array of strings to fill an excel

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I am trying to use a multidimensional array of strings to fill an excel sheet and have run into trouble when inserting formulas. The following small case illustrates the problem:

Dim tA(3, 3) As String
tA(1, 1) = "=HYPERLINK(""www.stackoverflow.com"")"
tA(1, 2) = "=HYPERLINK(""www.stackexchange.com"")"
tA(2, 1) = "=2+5"
tA(2, 2) = "Normal Text"
worksheet.Range(worksheet.Cells(1, 1), worksheet.Cells(4, 4)).Value = tA

When this code is evaluated, the excel sheet does not automatically convert the hyperlinks or evaluate the formulas. That is, when I look at Excel, the cell at (2,1) will display “=2+5” instead of “7” as desired. Is there a way to force excel to evaluate all cells to see if a command is present?

I should note that if I insert a command into an individual cell then it is evaluated properly, but that isn’t an option as I have many thousands of cells and filling them one at a time is several orders of magnitude slower.

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  1. Editorial Team

    You get that because the formulas get transferred as values, add the following line to your code and you should be good to go:

    worksheet.Range(worksheet.Cells(1, 1), worksheet.Cells(4, 4)).formular1c1= worksheet.Range(worksheet.Cells(1, 1), worksheet.Cells(4, 4)).formular1c1

    full code would be

    Dim tA(3, 3) As String
tA(1, 1) = "=HYPERLINK(""www.stackoverflow.com"")"
tA(1, 2) = "=HYPERLINK(""www.stackexchange.com"")"
tA(2, 1) = "=2+5"
tA(2, 2) = "Normal Text"
worksheet.Range(worksheet.Cells(1, 1), worksheet.Cells(4, 4)).Value = tA
worksheet.Range(worksheet.Cells(1, 1), worksheet.Cells(4, 4)).formular1c1= worksheet.Range(worksheet.Cells(1, 1), worksheet.Cells(4, 4)).formular1c1
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