=INDIRECT(B5)

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Kind regards,

Niek Otten
Microsoft MVP - Excel

"NickR2" wrote in message ...
|I would like to have a cell display the Value of a NAME, when the NAME is
| entered in an adjacent cell. For example, if the NAME "Tax" = A1, which has a
| 6 entered into it, when you enter TAX in b5, the value of "6" will appear in
| b6.
| If I place the NAME in the Formula, ie: =TAX, then it displays 6, BUT, if
| the Formula in b6 is: =b5 it displays "TAX", not it's value. The
| application I am creating is a code translator, where one enters a letter of
| the alphabet, and the associated code for that letter is displayed. It's a
| simple character substitution, using A=3; B=4; ... y=+ etc. I have
| created a list of NAMES, assigning the cells with the assocaited code to each
| letter, which has been defined as a name.
|