If you leave out the sheet name then the formula will apply only to the
current sheet and it would look like this: ="C"&A1&":"&"C"&B1.

Or, you could ignore cell A3 and use a formula like this:
=COUNTA(INDIRECT("C" & A1 & ":C" & B1))

Tom

"Rob" wrote:

I have a formula =COUNTA(INDIRECT(A3)) which returns the count of items in a
range which is defined in cell A3, the formula in A3 is below. Is there a
way of not having to include the sheet name (Sheet 1) in cell A3 and to
include in the COUNTA formula.

="'Sheet 1'"&"!C"&A1&":"&"C"&B1

Thanks, Rob


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