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    <p>I'm using Excel VBA. I have a string that I want write to a cell. I'm not sure what the actual character limitation is, but with really long ones I get a run-time error. Here's the line that the program breaks on:</p> <pre><code>Cells(i, 7).Formula = region_opp_amount &amp; ")" </code></pre> <p>The string "region_opp_amount" in this scenario has a length of 1691. It's basically a large SUM formula. Here's what the string contains (a large list of cells to sum): "=sum(G2057,G2066,G2069,G2072,G2076,G2079,G2082,....."</p> <p>Any way to overcome this limitation?</p> <p>Here's the actual loop that is creating this string:</p> <pre><code>Do While i &lt;= lastRow If Cells(i, 2).value &lt;&gt; "" Or i = lastRow Then If i &lt;&gt; lastRow Then region = Left(Cells(i, 2).value, InStr(Cells(i, 2).value, " - ") - 1) rep = Right(Cells(i, 2).value, Len(Cells(i, 2).value) - InStr(Cells(i, 2).value, " - ") - 2) Else region = "" rep = "" i = i + 1 End If If rep &lt;&gt; last_rep And i &lt;&gt; 2 Then Rows(i).Insert With Rows(i) .ClearFormats .Font.Bold = True On Error Resume Next .Ungroup On Error GoTo 0 End With lastRow = lastRow + 1 Cells(i, 2).value = last_rep &amp; " Subtotal:" Cells(i, 7).Formula = rep_opp_amount &amp; ")" Cells(i, 9).Formula = replace(rep_opp_amount, "G", "I") &amp; ")" Cells(i, 12).Formula = "=sum(L" &amp; CStr(rep_start) &amp; ":L" &amp; CStr(i - 1) &amp; ")" Cells(i, 13).Formula = "=sum(M" &amp; CStr(rep_start) &amp; ":M" &amp; CStr(i - 1) &amp; ")" Cells(i, 14).Formula = "=sum(N" &amp; CStr(rep_start) &amp; ":N" &amp; CStr(i - 1) &amp; ")" Cells(i, 15).Formula = "=sum(O" &amp; CStr(rep_start) &amp; ":O" &amp; CStr(i - 1) &amp; ")" Range("B" &amp; CStr(i) &amp; ":O" &amp; CStr(i)).Interior.Color = 10092543 'Rows(CStr(rep_start) &amp; ":" &amp; CStr(i - 1)).Group ReDim Preserve rep_group_array(y) rep_group_array(y) = CStr(rep_start) &amp; ":" &amp; CStr(i - 1) y = y + 1 i = i + 1 rep_opp_amount = "=sum(" rep_start = i End If If region &lt;&gt; last_region And i &lt;&gt; 2 Then Rows(i).Insert With Rows(i) .ClearFormats .Font.Bold = True On Error Resume Next .Ungroup On Error GoTo 0 End With lastRow = lastRow + 1 rep_start = rep_start + 1 Cells(i, 2).value = last_region &amp; " Subtotal:" Cells(i, 7).Formula = region_opp_amount &amp; ")" Cells(i, 9).Formula = replace(region_opp_amount, "G", "I") &amp; ")" Cells(i, 12).Formula = replace(region_opp_amount, "G", "L") &amp; ")" Cells(i, 13).Formula = replace(region_opp_amount, "G", "M") &amp; ")" Cells(i, 14).Formula = replace(region_opp_amount, "G", "N") &amp; ")" Cells(i, 15).Formula = replace(region_opp_amount, "G", "O") &amp; ")" total_opp_amount = total_opp_amount &amp; "G" &amp; CStr(i) &amp; "," Range("B" &amp; CStr(i) &amp; ":O" &amp; CStr(i)).Interior.Color = 5296274 'Rows(CStr(region_start) &amp; ":" &amp; CStr(i - 1)).Group ReDim Preserve group_array(index) group_array(index) = CStr(region_start) &amp; ":" &amp; CStr(i - 1) index = index + 1 i = i + 1 region_opp_amount = "=sum(" region_start = i End If rep_opp_amount = rep_opp_amount &amp; "G" &amp; CStr(i) &amp; "," region_opp_amount = region_opp_amount &amp; "G" &amp; CStr(i) &amp; "," last_region = region last_rep = rep End If i = i + 1 Loop </code></pre> <p>The string contains this when it errors out: =sum(G2057,G2066,G2069,G2072,G2075,G2079,G2082,G2085,G2089,G2092,G2097,G2100,G2103,G2106,G2109,G2112,G2118,G2122,G2125,G2128,G2133,G2134,G2137,G2142,G2145,G2152,G2155,G2159,G2162,G2165,G2170,G2173,G2176,G2182,G2188,G2191,G2195,G2200,G2203,G2207,G2210,G2213,G2220,G2224,G2227,G2232,G2236,G2239,G2243,G2248,G2254,G2257,G2260,G2266,G2272,G2275,G2280,G2283,G2287,G2291,G2295,G2298,G2302,G2308,G2311,G2315,G2318,G2321,G2324,G2330,G2333,G2337,G2340,G2345,G2348,G2353,G2356,G2360,G2363,G2390,G2393,G2397,G2404,G2407,G2410,G2413,G2422,G2425,G2433,G2437,G2441,G2448,G2449,G2453,G2456,G2466,G2470,G2476,G2480,G2484,G2485,G2499,G2505,G2508,G2513,G2516,G2519,G2526,G2530,G2533,G2537,G2543,G2547,G2550,G2553,G2556,G2557,G2560,G2563,G2566,G2580,G2581,G2586,G2589,G2601,G2605,G2611,G2614,G2619,G2625,G2628,G2633,G2638,G2646,G2649,G2653,G2659,G2670,G2673,G2677,G2680,G2683,G2686,G2698,G2701,G2704,G2705,G2708,G2711,G2714,G2718,G2721,G2725,G2729,G2733,G2742,G2745,G2748,G2754,G2757,G2762,G2766,G2769,G2773,G2776,G2779,G2784,G2789,G2792,G2795,G2798,G2801,G2804,G2808,G2811,G2814,G2818,G2834,G2837,G2840,G2845,G2848,G2851,G2854,G2864,G2868,G2869,G2872,G2876,G2879,G2882,G2885,G2888,G2892,G2896,G2900,G2901,G2904,G2909,G2912,G2915,G2919,G2923,G2926,G2930,G2933,G2936,G2946,G2952,G2956,G2959,G2964,G2967,G2971,G2974,G2977,G2980,G2983,G2984,G2989,G2992,G2996,G3000,G3003,G3009,G3014,G3024,G3029,G3032,G3035,G3038,G3041,G3044,G3045,G3048,G3052,G3055,G3056,G3059,G3062,G3065,G3069,G3073,G3077,G3081,G3084,G3088,G3093,G3096,G3099,G3100,G3103,G3107,G3110,G3113,G3119,G3124,G3127,G3130,G3135,G3138,G3141,G3142,G3143,G3146,G3147,G3150,G3151,G3152,G3155,G3156,G3157,G3160,G3174,G3176,G3181,G3188,G3191,G3198,G3203,G3206,G3210,</p>
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    2. COthe limit is 255 characters. I am not aware of any way to circumvent this limit, even using `Names`.
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