Extracting a URL from hyperlinked text in Excel cell

Question

I have a table full of Hyperlinked text in excel, so it\'s basically a bunch of names but when I click on one, it takes me to some URL in my default browser.

So I am

Answer 1

I just ran into this issue and this is what worked for me:

I used the FormulaR1C1 extension method for a range. So my code looked like this:

                    for (int r = 2; r <= sheetRange.Rows.Count; r++)
                    {
                        documentRecord = new List<string>();
                        for (int c = 1; c <= wkCol; c++)
                        {
                            documentRecord.Add(sheetRange.Cells[r, c].FormulaR1C1); 
                        }
                        AllRecords.Add(documentRecord);
                    }

When the record is added to the list of records, the value of whatever the cell range was is formatted into a clickable-hyperlink.

Answer 2

You can use VBA code to achieve this. Press Alt + F11 to open VB editor, Insert a Module and paste the code below:

Sub run()    
    On Error Resume Next    

    For Each hLink In Selection    
        Range(hLink.Address).Offset(0, 1) = hLink.Hyperlinks(1).Address    
    Next    
End Sub

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