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Default Making part of a formula a variable


Try =indirect("T:\Excel\'[Glroll"&A1&".xls]Receivables'!$B$5")



Will Fleenor;452713 Wrote:
I want to be able to change a workbook's name in a formula of another
workbook using a variable.



For example, if in cell A7 there is a formula/reference as such:

=T:\Excel\'[Glroll01.xls]Receivables'!$B$5



I want the "01" of the workbook name "Glroll01.xls" to be a variable so
that
as the workbook is renamed from month-to-month (e.g., Glroll05.xls),
my
formula will change also when a trigger in another cell of the
worksheet is
changed (e.g., if "05" is located in cell A1).that is, if I input "05"
in
cell A1, the formula in cell A7 will change to
"=T:\Excel\'[Glroll05.xls]Receivables'!$B$5"



I would prefer to do this using forumlas and not a macro.



Thanks in advance for your help



Thanks, Will



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