<<<"2. I gave the cell a name and set it to refer to the cell to the right
"F1""
The above is *not* what I directed you to do!
We're *not* naming cells!
I could retype my instructions here, but there wouldn't be a single change
from what I said the first time.
Go back and re-read my instructions ... and follow them *exactly*!
Remember, I said this was a *relative* named formula.
The formula is
=F1 (*NO* $ signs) when the cell in focus at the time of invoking the
<Insert <Name <Define is E1.
The name of the *formula* is
rt
Try it again ... or just keep using that Indirect formula ... it's your WB,
so it's your choice.
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"Pontus" wrote in message
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Hey,
I couldn't get your option with setting a reference to work. I did as you
said:
1. Clicked on a cell, e.g. E1 and then <Define Name
2. I gave the cell a name and set it to refer to the cell to the right
"F1"
What seemed to happen when I did this was basically that I gave a name to
cell F1 so every time I refered to this name (no matter which cell I were
in)
I got back the value in cell F1. Did I miss something?
It would have been nice to be able to use your code since it gets much
shorter than the other one which I got to function, thanks for that btw =)
I
also got the referens to another worksheet to function by typing Sheet1!
infront of everywhere in the code I needed to refere to sheet1, hehe. My
code
now looks like this:
=IF(INDIRECT(ADDRESS(ROW();COLUMN()+1))=0;"";IF(IS NUMBER(MATCH(INDIRECT(ADDR
ESS(ROW();COLUMN()+1));Sheet1!$B:$B;0));Sheet1!$B$ 2;IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH(INDIRE
CT(ADDRESS(ROW();COLUMN()+1));Sheet1!$C:$C;0));She et1!$C$2;IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH
(INDIRECT(ADDRESS(ROW();COLUMN()+1));Sheet1!$D:$D; 0));Sheet1!$D$2;INDIRECT(A
DDRESS(ROW();COLUMN()+1))))))
As you can see its pretty damn long and it will get much longer since I'm
gonna add many mor columns that the code are supposed to try to match
with.
Thanks for all your help so far =)
Pontus
"Ragdyer" wrote:
Since you insist on using your original procedure, after checking your
example, I see you have a couple of ways to go.
My original thought of using a "relative named formula" would work for
you.
BTW, my delimiters are commas, so you'll have to replace them.
For example, say you click in E1.
Then, from the Menu Bar:
<Insert <Name <Define
In the "Names In Workbook" box, key in a short name, say
rt
to signify "right".
Then, in the "Refers To" box, change whatever's there to:
=F1
(Which is the cell to the right of the cell you selected before you
started).
Then <OK
Now, if you enter
=rt
in *any* cell, you'll display the contents of the cell to the immediate
right.
SO, your formula might look something like this:
=IF(rt=0,"",IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH(rt,B:B,0)),$B$2,IF(I SNUMBER(MATCH(rt,C:C,0)),$
C$2,IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH(rt,D:D,0)),$D$2,rt))))
After you define the named formula, any new sheet you create by copying
the
original sheet will automatically contain that named formula.
b&s's Address formula can be made to work for you *also*.
Just wrap it in Indirect to change it from a Text return to an XL
"legal"
cell reference.
=Indirect(Address(Row();Column()+1))
=IF(INDIRECT(ADDRESS(ROW(),COLUMN()+1))=0,"",IF(IS NUMBER(MATCH(INDIRECT(ADDR
ESS(ROW(),COLUMN()+1)),B:B,0)),$B$2,IF(ISNUMBER(MA TCH(INDIRECT(ADDRESS(ROW()
,COLUMN()+1)),C:C,0)),$C$2,IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH(INDIR ECT(ADDRESS(ROW(),COLUMN()
+1)),D:D,0)),$D$2,INDIRECT(ADDRESS(ROW(),COLUMN()+ 1))))))
As far as your list being on another WB or WS, there's really no problem
there.
Just open both files, side by side, and click between them to set the
references.
That way XL will fill in the correct path for you.
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RD
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"Pontus" wrote in message
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Thanx Ragdyer,
Vlookup would function for me. I've been spending some time now on
checking
into both V and Hlookup but have still decided to stick to my formula
where I
use Match (you can see it in a picture if you follow the url below).
My current problem is of slight different kind than you understood
though.
It is how to, with code, get a reference to the cell to the right of
where
the code is possitioned. If you follow the url below you might
understand
my
problem better =)
http://www.yuki-forever.com/sp/ee.jpg
My next problem after this will be how to get the formula to function
when
the table is in another sheet or document since the List to Sort will
allways
be in a seperate excel document.
Thanx for all your help
Pontus
"Ragdyer" wrote:
From what you're describing, a simple Vlookup formula should work
very
easily for you ... unless I'm missing something.
All you need is a datalist to create your associations.
From your example, say in J1 to J6, you enter:
ITEM, chair, table, sofa, apple, pasta,
And, in K1 to K6, you enter:
GROUP, furniture, furniture, furniture, food, food.
Then in A1, enter this formula:
=VLOOKUP(B1,$J$2:$K$6,2,0)
And copy down as needed.
That would solve your problem ... as I understand it!
What did I miss?
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RD
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"Pontus" wrote in message
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Okey to elaborate (this is gonna be a long one =P).
I'm trying to make my work of sorting a column of articles easier.
Lets
say
I have a column where every cell contains one article, e.g.
A B
1 Chair
2 Table
3 Apple
4 Sofa
5 Pasta
What I would like to do is to have a formula that I can copy into
cell
A1
and then drag down so that the cells in column A gives instead a
name
of a
group that the article in column B belongs to. The answer I want
could
for
instance be:
A B
1 Furniture Chair
2 Furniture Table
3 Food Apple
4 Furniture Sofa
5 Food Pasta
Hitherto I have managed to write the code that recognizes a word
and
gives
back the name of the group. My only problem now is that I somehow
need
to
refer to the cell that is possitioned to the right of the cell
where I
copy-paste my code. This has to be done without going into the
code
and
change manually since the code is kind of massive. I want other
persons to
be
able to use this that do not know which variables to change.
If anybody has the answer how to do this it would be really great
thanx
Pontus
"Ragdyer" wrote:
Would you care to elaborate on what you intend to do with that
address
of
the cell on the right?
The reason I'm asking, is because you can use a "relative" named
formula
that can return the *contents* of that cell to the right of
which
ever
cell
you enter it into.
Would that be of interest to you?
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RD
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"Pontus" wrote in message
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Hmm, I'll try to explain better.
What I want to do is to have a formula that I can copy in to
any
cell
which
will give the cell index of the cell to the right.
Exampel:
If I copy my formula in to cell K23 I want the answer to be
L23 or
If I copy my formula in to cell B23 I want the answer to be
C23
etc.
Hope I made myself more clear now =)
Thanks for answering.
Pontus
"JMay" wrote:
Do you mean:
A1 =Offset($B1,0,1)
B1 = Sum(A2:A4)
C1 = whatever
"Pontus" wrote:
Hi,
I want to have a formula that retrievs the index from the
cell
to
the
right
of the cell with the formula.
I know that the formula below gives the index of the cell
you
are
in
but
that doesn't help me much unfortunately. Is there a
simplier
way
or
maybe a
way that utilises this code?
=SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(CELL("address");"$";"");ROW ();"")
Best Regards
Pontus