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Asked: 2026-05-11T20:42:23+00:00

I am working on a spreadsheet with lots of VBA code in it. Most

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I am working on a spreadsheet with lots of VBA code in it. Most cell references use numbers, e.g.

Worksheets("Sheet1").Cells(someRow, someColumn)

I am wondering if there is any easy way to find out exactly which cell is being referenced – is it possible to put a breakpoint on this line of code, and then see which cell it will refer to (using the traditional “BA10” style) or will I have to calculate it each and every time using divs and mods?

Not all the references are hard coded, and I would really like to be able to work out where data is being pulled from, as the cell is accessed (not necessarily changed).

(edit) Is it possible to do this without changing the original source line, e.g. in an event module or something?

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  1. Editorial Team

    There is another option. If you are making changes to a sheet, you can catch the Change event on the Worksheet, and pump out the changed range like so:

    Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
    Debug.Print "CHANGED -> " & Target.Address(False, False)
End Sub

    Each change to the sheet will be output to your Immediate window like thus:

    CHANGED -> G10
CHANGED -> G11:G28

    There is also the SelectionChange event as well, but that’s unlikely to be too useful. There is no event for just “reading” cells.

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