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Default Using Sheet names in formulas

Have a look in HELP index for INDIRECT.

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Don Guillett
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"bsullins " wrote in message
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I need to be able to make my vlookup formula dynamically change the
range based on the result of another lookup....

Here is a simple vlookup:

VLOOKUP($a$1,L1!$a:$Z,2,0)

I need it to do something more like this

VLOOKUP($a$1,"$B1"!$a:$Z,2,0)

Using a cell ref in the table name would allow the value in $B1 tell
the formula what ws to look at

In this scenario A1 could be found on various sheets, and I need to be
able to figure out which one then look at that sheet.

It would be nice if I could do this with a formula trick instead of VBA
since everyone here is scared of macro's.......


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