How do you get the formula from a cell instead of the value?

Question

How do you get the literal value (the formula) from a cell instead of the result value?

EXAMPLE DESIRED:

• A2: \"Foo\"
• B3: \"=A2\" - so it

Answer 1

Try using =formula(2,3) where the coordinates are (row #, col #)

Google sheet example at: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1A1l0qdnNSHlJB-5DARGKDeIsbuCCLGuoYWm8sR29UTA/edit?usp=sharing

Showing the formulas...

And here's how it renders...

Note: Sometimes it takes a moment to load the formula, during which time you'll get some sort of error saying "Data loading..." or something.

Also note: I have no idea why this works, since formula is not a listed function for google sheets, but I have been using it in a spreadsheet of mine. Maybe the idea to try this came from Excel or something, I don't recall.