Damn, this is confusing me and I think it's the references absolute/relative
stuff etc?

I have a function =SUMIF(AA:AA,A:A,Z:Z) ... works well when used in for
example
=IF(SUMIF(AA:AA,A:A,Z:Z)=1,10,IF(SUMIF(AA:AA,A:A,Z :Z)=2,5,0))
but when I name it.
Qual_Pos
=SUMIF($A$A:$AA,$A:A,$Z:$Z)
it is changed to:
=SUMIF('1-Australia'!$AA:$AA,'1-Australia'!$A:$A,'1-Australia'!$Z:$Z)
when i try:
=IF(Qual_Pos=1,10,IF(Qual_Pos=2,5,0))
it does not give the expected result.
I've tried:
=SUMIF(AA:AA,A:A,Z:Z)
and other variations.
What am I missing?
Also I think I'd rather a relative reference as I'm still building the
workbook and inserting and deleting columns.

again Thanking you in anticipation,
build


"Barb Reinhardt" wrote in message
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Have you thought about storing them as a named range?

http://www.cpearson.com/excel/named.htm

Scroll down to the Naming Formulas section.
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HTH,
Barb Reinhardt



"build" wrote:

G'day All,
Is it possible to use variables in formulas without storing them in a
cell?

i.e. (a simplified example)
VarA=SUMIF(A:A,Y:Y,X:X)
VarB=SUMIF(A:A,Y:Y,W:W)
IF(B:B<VarA,VarA,VarB)

looks a lot better than
IF(B:B<SUMIF(A:A,Y:Y,X:X),SUMIF(A:A,Y:Y,X:X),SUMIF (A:A,Y:Y,W:W))

The formula I have is too long and complex therefor would be a nightmare
to
trouble shoot a year down the track. Also storing the variables in a cell
seems sloppy to me.