Excel UDF : Dependent cell comment

Deepanshu Bhalla 1 Comment , ,
Suppose you want to populate cell comment based on information from another cell. As a value changes, text specified in comment also changes automatically. There is no such excel function which populates cell comment. I developed a user defined function (UDF) that takes a cell reference and populates a comment.
Function Addcomment(rng As Range, str As String) As String
    If Not rng.Comment Is Nothing Then rng.Comment.Delete
    If Len(str) Then rng.Addcomment.Text str
    rng.Comment.Visible = True
End Function

How to Use :
1. Press ALT + F11 to open Visual Basic Editor
2. In visual basic editor window, Go to Insert >> Module
3. In module, add the above lines of code.
4. In main excel window, type
  =Addcomment(cell reference where you are entering this formula, cell reference of another cell )

Example :
A value is in cell B2 . In cell C2, type =Addcomment(C2,B2). 
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Deepanshu Bhalla

Deepanshu founded ListenData with a simple objective - Make analytics easy to understand and follow. He has over 10 years of experience in data science. During his tenure, he worked with global clients in various domains like Banking, Insurance, Private Equity, Telecom and HR.

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