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Old Apr 19th, 2002, 01:40 PM   #1
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SheetX contains data.
in b5 of a worksheet, there is a name==> "SheetX"
What should the formula be to look up SheetX!C10 in the worksheet?

Can you have a variable instead of "SheetX!"?
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Old Apr 19th, 2002, 01:48 PM   #2
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SheetX contains data.
in b5 of a worksheet, there is a name==> "SheetX"
What should the formula be to look up SheetX!C10 in the worksheet?

Can you have a variable instead of "SheetX!"?
Use a named formula (name it "worksheet")that refers to b5. Then do this:

INDIRECT(worksheet&"!c10")

Or you could just forget the name and do:

INDIRECT(B5&"!c10")



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Old Apr 19th, 2002, 02:00 PM   #3
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On 2002-04-19 12:40, chadm wrote:
SheetX contains data.
in b5 of a worksheet, there is a name==> "SheetX"
What should the formula be to look up SheetX!C10 in the worksheet?

Can you have a variable instead of "SheetX!"?
Use a named formula (name it "worksheet")that refers to b5. Then do this:

INDIRECT(worksheet&"!c10")

Or you could just forget the name and do:

INDIRECT(B5&"!c10")



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John,

Caution needed with the second method.

=INDIRECT("'"&B5&"'!C10")

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Old Apr 19th, 2002, 02:04 PM   #4
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Thanks for the help it works great!

Now on the sheetX!, I want to find a value that will be beside a cell containing Total.

Can I use Vlookup with INDIRECT?

You guys are great!
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John,

Caution needed with the second method.

=INDIRECT("'"&B5&"'!C10")

Aladin
Why the '? I tried both ways and either one works. Whats the ' do?


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Caution needed with the second method.

=INDIRECT("'"&B5&"'!C10")

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Why the '? I tried both ways and either one works. Whats the ' do?


Thanks
Otherwise, a sheet name such as January Sales would cause havoc.

Addendum:

Just test it: Naming the cell housing the sheet-name and using the cell name in the formula does not resolve the problem, alas.

Adding a single quote per precaution is the only solution. That's the way Excel does it in order to disambiguate sheet names that contain punctuation marks.

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Haha. I forgot about multiple word sheets! Thanks.
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Thanks for the help it works great!

Now on the sheetX!, I want to find a value that will be beside a cell containing Total.

Can I use Vlookup with INDIRECT?

You guys are great!
Where is "Total" of interest in the target sheet?
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