Convert month number to text without lots of IF statements- is it possible?

[edeibold]

I'm hoping to convert a month number (e.g. 7) to a month name (e.g. July), is there an easy way to do it? I've found several *competing* theories online of how to do it, *none* of which are correct. Does anyone know if there's an easy way of doing it? I'd like to avoid making a chain of 12 if statements if possible...

I'm using the most current version of excel 365

 

[Peter_SSs]

Try this

22 10 20.xlsm
	A	B
1	7	July
2	2	February
3	5	May
4	1	January
5	12	December
Month

Cell Formulas
Range	Formula
B1:B5	B1	=TEXT(DATE(1,A1,1),"mmmm")

Marginally shorter would be one of these, but the particular one to choose is dependant on your regional settings as to whether dates are normally d/m/y or m/d/y format whereas the one above is more robust in that it does not matter what your regional date settings are.

=TEXT("1-"&A1,"mmmm")
=TEXT(A1&"-1","mmmm")

 

[My Aswer Is This]

I'm hoping to convert a month number (e.g. 7) to a month name (e.g. July), is there an easy way to do it? I've found several *competing* theories online of how to do it, *none* of which are correct. Does anyone know if there's an easy way of doing it? I'd like to avoid making a chain of 12 if statements if possible...

I'm using the most current version of excel 365

If you're doing this for a vba script, you never need to use 12 if statements
Try using select case
If you're interested let me know
Tell me what your attemting to accomplish

 

[Peter_SSs]

Try using select case

No need for Select Case

Sub Test()
  MsgBox MonthName(7)
End Sub

 

[My Aswer Is This]

Try this:

Sub Month_Name()
'Modified  10/19/2022  10:25:52 PM  EDT
On Error GoTo M
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
Dim ans As Variant
ans = InputBox("Enter Month Number", "Enter Number Greater then Zero and Less then 13", Month(Now()))
If ans > 12 Or ans < 1 Then MsgBox "There is no Month" & vbNewLine & "With the number" & vbNewLine & ans: Exit Sub
MsgBox MonthName(ans)
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
Exit Sub

M:
MsgBox "You entered  " & ans & vbNewLine & "That is not a proper entry"
Application.ScreenUpdating = True

End Sub