Excel Compile error

GD_GRAY
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When I use =
TRIM(CONCATENATE(AK2," ",AQ2)) and drag down, it works fine
but I need to use this in a macro and when I use
Sub SetCode()
    Range("AP2").Select
    ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = _
        "=TRIM(CONCATENATE(AK2," ",AQ2))"
    FillDown
End Sub

I'll get a compile error * Expected: end of statement
If I change the code to
"=TRIM(CONCATENATE(AK2,"" "",AQ2))"
I get past the error and the macro will run but it will change the code to
"=TRIM(CONCATENATE('AK2'," ",'AQ2'))"
and it just fills the column with the #NAME

Can anyone tell me how to fix this ?
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Guy Hengel [angelIII / a3]Billing Engineer
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Commented:
>If I change the code to
>"=TRIM(CONCATENATE(AK2,"" "",AQ2))"
>I get past the error and the macro will run
and it should be like this indeed.
if you look after the code, the value in the cell will be indeed:
=TRIM(CONCATENATE(AK2," ",AQ2))

the "" in the vba code is only because " is already a string delimiter, and the duplicated double quotes is to "escape" the double quotes.
GD_GRAY

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Commented:
How would I work around this
Commented:
Made  work around via Record Macro. I set to record macro than did the drag and than used that formula :

=TRIM(CONCATENATE(RC[-5],"" "",RC[1]))
Rory Archibald
Most Valuable Expert 2011
Top Expert 2011

Commented:
FYI you could also simply have changed the code to use .Formula instead of .FormulaR1C1
If you use the latter, you have to pass a formula in R1C1 style referencing and not A1 style. (2003 and earlier were more forgiving about that)
GD_GRAY

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I was able to work it out via record macro.

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