| 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 | |
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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. |
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Syntax |
=INDIRECT(Text) |
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Formatting |
No special formatting is needed. |
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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. |
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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 : | 120 | =INDIRECT(G33&"!"&G34) |
The =INDIRECT() created a reference to =NORTH!C8 |
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Example 2 |
This example uses the same data as above, but this time the =SUM() function is |
used to calculate a total from a range of cells. |
Type the name of the sheet, such as South : | South |
Type the start cell of the range, such as C5 : | C5 |
Type the end cell of the range, such as C7 : | C7 |
The sum of the range C5:C7 on South is : | 1200 |
| =SUM(INDIRECT(G44&"!"&G45&":"&G46)) |
The =INDIRECT() created a reference to =SUM(SOUTH!C5:C7)
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