How do I put formula into a cell

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Hello everyone,
I'm trying to run VBA to put formula into a cell

Cells(10, 4).Formula = "=Max(H &""FirstRow""&,H &""LastRow""&)"

I get Run-time error '1004':

Thank you for your help

What I have tried:

I tried this

Cells(10, 4).Formula = "=Max(H2,H14)"

it works fine.

Posted 23-Feb-18 4:25am

Member 13693055

Updated 23-Feb-18 4:53am

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Solution 1

Maybe that will bring you some clues about it:
VBA Tutorial: Find the Last Row, Column, or Cell on a Sheet[^]

Posted 23-Feb-18 4:33am

phil.o

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Patrice T · Accepted Answer · 2018-02-23T04:53:00

Solution 2

Quote:
VB
Cells(10, 4).Formula = "=Max(H &""FirstRow""&,H &""LastRow""&)"
I get Run-time error '1004':

Because quotes are misplaced.
Try

VB

Cells(10, 4).Formula = "=Max(H" & FirstRow & ",H" & LastRow & ")"

Posted 23-Feb-18 4:53am

Patrice T

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Member 13693055 23-Feb-18 12:08pm

Thank you very much