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    Trouble implementing UDF's

    Hello,

    I'm new to UDF's since my interest in them came only a few hours ago. I'm having trouble implementing them. I once was able to just use A1 = padLeft("x",5)&":" to get

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    but now I sometimes get a #NAME error on that. I was able to do it using PadLeft.PadLeft("x",5), but I don't want to have to do that. I think maybe the first PadLeft (before the dot) is the module name, but I didn't have to use the module name before I renamed it. How do I get standard access to it?

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    Hi Sabrina,

    Welcome to ExcelFox !!

    Your code is incomplete, I guess. Post your whole code.
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    I don't think it's the code because only the method of calling it is the problem. Here is my code, though.

    PadLeft, in Module called PadLeft
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    Function PadLeft(text, spaces)
        If Len(text) <= spaces Then
            PadLeft = Application.Rept(" ", spaces - Len(text)) & text
        Else
            PadLeft = text & " has " & Len(text) & " space(s). You are asking for " & spaces & " space(s)."
        End If
    End Function
    PadRight
    Code:
    Function PadRight(text, spaces)
        If Len(text) <= spaces Then
            PadRight = text & Application.Rept(" ", spaces - Len(text))
        Else
            PadRight = text & " has " & Len(text) & " space(s). You are asking for " & spaces & " space(s)."
        End If
    End Function
    Like I said, calling padleft("A",5) doesn't work, but calling PadLeft.PadLeft("A",5), does; calling padRight("A",5) doesn't work, as well, while PadRight.PadRight("A",5) does.

    Here are print screens depicting what I'm doing.




    I apologise for the size, but I don't have time to resize them atm because I have a term paper due in less than six hours.

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    Hi,

    Change your module name. Your UDF as well as function name are same, which causes the problem.
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    OK, that fixed the problem, I think. I say "I think" because I was getting a popup saying "User function type not defined" or something like that, but restarting Excel a couple of times fixed that. Thank you!

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