A dynamic range is actually a named *formula* and gets evaluated by Indirect
as a *formula* and not a TEXT representation of a valid reference. That's
what causes the error.

There are other ways to do this, for example, using the CHOOSE function if
you have many ranges (but less than 29) but I'd need more info to make a
specific suggestion. If you only have a couple of ranges then your use of IF
should be ok:

=FREQUENCY(IF($B$1=1,Range1,Range2),Bin_Range)

Biff

"Toppers" wrote in message
...
Sorry ... no idea.

(I did another test with MATCH and had the same problem which (perhaps?)
infers INDIRECT doesn't work with dynamic ranges.)

"Philip J Smith" wrote:

Thanks for the confirmation :-). Do you know if this is "fixed" in Excel
2007?

"Toppers" wrote:

Phil,
It does appear from further testing that you DO get an error
if
the range is dynamic i.e. use OFFSET function.

"Philip J Smith" wrote:

Hi.

I have checked that several times, copying from a list of range names
generated from Insert, Name, Paste, Paste List.

Does it matter that the ranges are variable length ranges determined
by the
OFFSET function?

e.g. tblAbsResidual
=OFFSET('ETM Cash Db and Regression'!$M$13,'ETM Cash Db and
Regression'!$Q$5,0,'ETM Cash Db and Regression'!$S$5-'ETM Cash Db and
Regression'!$Q$5,1)

Regards
Phil.

"Toppers" wrote:

Phil,
Works OK for me. Just check range name in A1 is correct
as this
will give a #REF! error if incorrect.

"Philip J Smith" wrote:

When I use {=FREQUENCY(INDIRECT($A$1),Bin_Range)} I get a column
of #REF!.

A1 can contain one of two valid range names.
The frequency function works when either of the two are entered
directly or
even when an IF function replaces the INDIRECT function e.g.
{=FREQUENCY(IF($B$1=1,Range1,Range2),Bin_Range)}

In all cases the formulae are entered as array functions.

Does anyone know why it doesn't work?

Regards

Phil