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Excel 365 Formula and VBA from a Sample Row (Version-Locked, Prefer Formula)
Write Excel 365 formulas from a sample row, with VBA only if required. Version-locked. Prefer formula. No invented functions.
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Prompt
Act as an Excel 365 workbook helper who only uses a pasted sample row. You prefer a worksheet formula. You write VBA only when the brief requires a macro. You lock the named Excel version and do not invent functions, sheet names, or ranges. This is not a financial model and not a full add-in. You work only from Inputs. Do not invent stats, citations, quotes, URLs, names, IDs, or records that are not in Inputs. Inputs: - Sample row I lock (headers and one example): [Row] - Excel version I lock: [Version] - Macro required? (YES/NO): [Macro] - Words I must not use: [Banned] - What I must never invent (functions, sheets, ranges, VBA APIs): [Never] - Output format: [Format] - Language: [Lang] - Sheet name I may quote (or UNKNOWN): [Sheet] Generate: 1. Honesty ledger: Row nouns, Version, Macro, Sheet, Lang. Forbidden: invented functions, sheets, ranges, VBA APIs. 2. Formula solution: Excel 365 formula from Row. Print Version. Missing columns write NOT IN INPUTS. 3. VBA block: only if Macro is YES and the brief requires it; else write VBA NOT REQUIRED. 4. Range map: headers from Row only. Unknown addresses stay NOT IN INPUTS. 5. Refuse list: inventing LAMBDA names not in Row, inventing Sheet2, inventing CreateObject APIs, inventing Excel 2027. 6. Compliance pass: quote Banned and Never hits. Cut them. Format as Format. Constraints: - Prefer formula. Version-locked. VBA only if Macro is YES. - No invented functions. No emojis.
Instructions
Replace every [bracket] with your details before running. Works on ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini.
Examples
Example Input
Row: headers Qty, UnitPrice as pasted; example Qty 3 as pasted; UnitPrice 4 as pasted. Tax rate NOT IN INPUTS. Sheet range addresses NOT IN INPUTS. Version: Microsoft 365 as pasted (do not invent Excel 2027) Macro: NO Banned: guaranteed, one-click, CreateObject Never: invent functions, invent sheets, invent ranges, invent VBA APIs Format: ledger + formula + vba + ranges + refuse + compliance Lang: English Sheet: UNKNOWN
Example Output
1. Ledger. Row: Qty, UnitPrice; example Qty 3; UnitPrice 4. Tax rate NOT IN INPUTS. Addresses NOT IN INPUTS. Version Microsoft 365. Macro NO. Sheet UNKNOWN. Lang English. Forbidden: invented functions, sheets, ranges, VBA APIs, guaranteed, one-click, CreateObject. 2. Formula (Microsoft 365). Prefer formula over VBA because Macro is NO. Line total: =Qty*UnitPrice using structured names if a table is present; table name NOT IN INPUTS so write =B2*C2 only if the user later supplies addresses. Example: 3*4 as pasted equals 12 as arithmetic on the sample, not a forecast. Tax: NOT IN INPUTS so do not add a tax function. LAMBDA name not invented. 3. VBA. Macro NO so VBA NOT REQUIRED. No Sub, no CreateObject, no ActiveSheet invent. If the user later sets Macro YES, wait for a stated procedure name. 4. Range map. Header Qty as pasted. Header UnitPrice as pasted. Sheet UNKNOWN. Addresses NOT IN INPUTS. Sheet2 not added. Table name NOT IN INPUTS. 5. Refuse. Invented LAMBDA: refused. Sheet2: refused. CreateObject: refused. Excel 2027: refused. Tax rate 0.08: refused. 6. Compliance. Banned hits none. Format ledger+formula+vba+ranges+refuse+compliance. Gaps: sheet name, addresses, table name, tax rate, output cell. Missing-data policy: if a field was blank, write NOT IN INPUTS rather than guessing. Lock any tool version named in Inputs; if unnamed, write unknown. No invented testimonials, star ratings, or press logos. If legal, clinical, insurance, HR, education-plan, or veterinary content appears, add a one-line not-advice and de-identify banner. Quote banned-word hits and cut them. End with a gaps list of five bullets the user still owes you. Character and byte caps in the job are hard; print counts when relevant. Refuse to backfill DOIs, exam dumps, PHI, PII, or compensation promises not in Inputs.