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Indirect: What Does It Do ?

This document provides information about the Excel INDIRECT function. It allows converting text that looks like a cell reference into an actual cell reference. The document includes examples of using INDIRECT to pick data from other worksheets and calculate sums across ranges by building cell references dynamically from text.

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Indirect: What Does It Do ?

This document provides information about the Excel INDIRECT function. It allows converting text that looks like a cell reference into an actual cell reference. The document includes examples of using INDIRECT to pick data from other worksheets and calculate sums across ranges by building cell references dynamically from text.

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Excel Function Dictionary 1998 - 2000 Peter Noneley A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 B C D E F G H I

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INDIRECT
North South East West Jan 10 40 70 100 Feb 20 50 80 110 Mar 30 60 90 120 G6 80 =INDIRECT(H9)

Type address of any of the cells in the above table, such as G6 : The value in the cell you typed is :

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 : Type the cell to pick data from, such as C8 : The contents of the cell C8 on North is : The =INDIRECT() created a reference to =NORTH!C8 North C8 #REF!

=INDIRECT(G33&"!"&G34)

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 : #REF! =SUM(INDIRECT(G44&"!"&G45&":"&G46)) The =INDIRECT() created a reference to =SUM(SOUTH!C5:C7)

Excel Function Dictionary 1998 - 2000 Peter Noneley A 51 B C D E F G H I

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