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Indirect Formula






Jan
Feb
Mar




North
10
20
30




South
40
50
60




East
70
80
90




West
100
110
120














Type address of any of the cells in the above table, such as G6 :
G6














The value in the cell you typed is :
80







=INDIRECT(H9)

What Does It Do ?






This function converts a plain piece of text which looks like a cell address into a usable
cell reference.






The address can be either on the same worksheet or on a different worksheet.








Syntax







=INDIRECT(Text)














Formatting






No special formatting is needed.













Example 1






This example shows how data can be picked form other worksheets by using

the worksheet name and a cell address.




The example uses three other worksheets named NORTH, SOUTH and EAST.
The data on these three sheets is laid out in the same cells on each sheet.









When a reference to a sheet is made the exclamation symbol ! needs to be placed
between the sheet name and cell address acting as punctuation.














Type the name of the sheet, such as North :
North






Type the cell to pick data from, such as C8 :
C8






The contents of the cell C8 on North is :
#REF!






=INDIRECT(G33&"!"&G34)


The =INDIRECT() created a reference to =NORTH!C8




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