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R1C1 reference style
Could anyone briefly tell me why you would use a R1C1 Ref please
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R1C1 reference style
Each cell is referenced by its column name and then row number. So the first
cell is called A1. The R1C1 is the Reference style. Each cell is referenced by its row number and column number. So the first cell is called R1C1. Now some people may think that E3³ is more intuitive than R3C5³, and I can probably agree with them when the spreadsheet is small. But when the spreadsheet gets big and spans a couple hundred columns, I cannot contemplate seeing BK439³Ĥ Simply an option "Helpme Please" wrote: Could anyone briefly tell me why you would use a R1C1 Ref please |
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Sometimes you have to, sometimes it is more convenient.
Say you are looping through rows, and you are using a numeric variable to track the row number. If you want to use that in a formula, it is easier to use R1C1 notation where the column is numeric, not a column letter. -- HTH Bob (there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy) "Helpme Please" wrote in message ... Could anyone briefly tell me why you would use a R1C1 Ref please |
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Thanks very much for that , Appreciate your time and trouble in replying
"N.F" wrote: Each cell is referenced by its column name and then row number. So the first cell is called A1. The R1C1 is the Reference style. Each cell is referenced by its row number and column number. So the first cell is called R1C1. Now some people may think that E3³ is more intuitive than R3C5³, and I can probably agree with them when the spreadsheet is small. But when the spreadsheet gets big and spans a couple hundred columns, I cannot contemplate seeing BK439³Ĥ Simply an option "Helpme Please" wrote: Could anyone briefly tell me why you would use a R1C1 Ref please |
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Thanks Bob
Terry "Bob Phillips" wrote: Sometimes you have to, sometimes it is more convenient. Say you are looping through rows, and you are using a numeric variable to track the row number. If you want to use that in a formula, it is easier to use R1C1 notation where the column is numeric, not a column letter. -- HTH Bob (there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy) "Helpme Please" wrote in message ... Could anyone briefly tell me why you would use a R1C1 Ref please |
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I use A1 almost all the time. I'll sometimes use R1C1 if I'm creating a
formulaR1C1 in VBA. But one nice thing about using R1C1 reference style is when you're reviewing a worksheet to make sure all of the formulas are consistent. (Without using xl2002+'s error checking!) Create a new worksheet with two sheets: put this in E1 =IF(A1=5,"ok",VLOOKUP(A1,Sheet2!A:E,3,FALSE)) Drag it down 20 rows (say) Now your job is to look at those 20 formulas to see if each of them is consistent. So you turn the view to Formulas (tools|options|view tab|check formulas). You'll see something like: =IF(A1=5,"ok",VLOOKUP(A1,Sheet2!A:E,3,FALSE)) =IF(A2=5,"ok",VLOOKUP(A2,Sheet2!A:E,3,FALSE)) =IF(A3=5,"ok",VLOOKUP(A3,Sheet2!A:E,3,FALSE)) =IF(A4=5,"ok",VLOOKUP(A4,Sheet2!A:E,3,FALSE)) =IF(A5=5,"ok",VLOOKUP(A5,Sheet2!A:E,3,FALSE)) =IF(A6=5,"ok",VLOOKUP(A6,Sheet2!A:E,3,FALSE)) And things look ok, but you can see that with a long formula (that wraps a few times), it can get messy. Now look at the same formulas with R1C1 checked: And you see this: =IF(RC[-4]=5,"ok",VLOOKUP(RC[-4],Sheet2!C[-4]:C,3,FALSE)) =IF(RC[-4]=5,"ok",VLOOKUP(RC[-4],Sheet2!C[-4]:C,3,FALSE)) =IF(RC[-4]=5,"ok",VLOOKUP(RC[-4],Sheet2!C[-4]:C,3,FALSE)) =IF(RC[-4]=5,"ok",VLOOKUP(RC[-4],Sheet2!C[-4]:C,3,FALSE)) =IF(RC[-4]=5,"ok",VLOOKUP(RC[-4],Sheet2!C[-4]:C,3,FALSE)) =IF(RC[-4]=5,"ok",VLOOKUP(RC[-4],Sheet2!C[-4]:C,3,FALSE)) I think it's easier to pick out the formula that doesn't belong! Helpme Please wrote: Could anyone briefly tell me why you would use a R1C1 Ref please -- Dave Peterson |
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