hyperlink functions

[JayW]

I have a list of Cells containing text with hyperlinks to www addresses.

The www addresses cannot easily be viewed and although I could type the
hyperlink details in the adjoining cells/column, I wonder if there is a
function to enable the Hyperlink to be displayed in an adjoining cell (or
the same cell) without retyping it in?

Hope my question is understood

 

[Dave Peterson]

Saved from a previous post:

One way to extract those URL's from a hyperlink created via Insert|Hyperlink
is with a userdefinedfunction.

Here's one that may help:

Option Explicit
Function GetURL(Rng As Range) As String
Application.Volatile

Set Rng = Rng(1)

If Rng.Hyperlinks.Count = 0 Then
GetURL = ""
Else
GetURL = Rng.Hyperlinks(1).Address
End If
End Function

So if you had a hyperlink in A1, you could put =getURL(a1) in that adjacent
cell.

Be aware that if you change the hyperlink, then this formula cell won't change
until your workbook calculates.

If you're new to macros, you may want to read David McRitchie's intro at:
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/getstarted.htm

Short course:

Open your workbook.
Hit alt-f11 to get to the VBE (where macros/UDF's live)
hit ctrl-R to view the project explorer
Find your workbook.
should look like: VBAProject (yourfilename.xls)

right click on the project name
Insert, then Module
You should see the code window pop up on the right hand side

Paste the code in there.

Now go back to excel.
Into a test cell and type:
=getURL(a1)

=====
this will return
mailto:[email protected]

If you want to drop the mailto:, you could just use:
=mid(getURL(a1),8,255)

(make 255 big enough for the longest address)