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INDIRECT with dynamic range
Is it true that you cannot use the INDIRECT function to call a dynamic range
name from another cell? I have a dynamic range named Cars. Cell A1 has this text in it. For some reason this formula is not working: =Index(Indirect(A1),1,1) although this works... =Index(Cars,1,1) If I can't do this because Cars is a dynamic range (defined with a formula using Insert-Name) is there any work around? -Arun |
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INDIRECT with dynamic range
This is an excellent question!
Say in B2 thru D4 we have: 4 6 8 6 9 12 8 12 16 and we assign this block of cells the Name: cars You will find =INDEX(B2:D4,1,1) =INDEX(cars,1,1) both work. if A1 contains the text: B2:D4 =INDEX(INDIRECT(A1),1,1) will also work If A2 contains the text: cars =INDEX(INDIRECT(A2),1,1) will also work The question is excellent to me because it revealed that I can index any of a set of tables simply by storing the table name in a reference cell. -- Gary''s Student - gsnu200746 "Arun" wrote: Is it true that you cannot use the INDIRECT function to call a dynamic range name from another cell? I have a dynamic range named Cars. Cell A1 has this text in it. For some reason this formula is not working: =Index(Indirect(A1),1,1) although this works... =Index(Cars,1,1) If I can't do this because Cars is a dynamic range (defined with a formula using Insert-Name) is there any work around? -Arun |
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INDIRECT with dynamic range
Yes, I think that this will work well - except that it does not seem to work
at all if the range is dynamic. I have the range defined as a formula using the InsertNameDefine menu (it does not appear on the drop down list in the menu bar). Do you find this to be the case also? "Gary''s Student" wrote: This is an excellent question! Say in B2 thru D4 we have: 4 6 8 6 9 12 8 12 16 and we assign this block of cells the Name: cars You will find =INDEX(B2:D4,1,1) =INDEX(cars,1,1) both work. if A1 contains the text: B2:D4 =INDEX(INDIRECT(A1),1,1) will also work If A2 contains the text: cars =INDEX(INDIRECT(A2),1,1) will also work The question is excellent to me because it revealed that I can index any of a set of tables simply by storing the table name in a reference cell. -- Gary''s Student - gsnu200746 "Arun" wrote: Is it true that you cannot use the INDIRECT function to call a dynamic range name from another cell? I have a dynamic range named Cars. Cell A1 has this text in it. For some reason this formula is not working: =Index(Indirect(A1),1,1) although this works... =Index(Cars,1,1) If I can't do this because Cars is a dynamic range (defined with a formula using Insert-Name) is there any work around? -Arun |
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INDIRECT with dynamic range
Give me a more specific example.
-- Gary''s Student - gsnu200746 "Arun" wrote: Yes, I think that this will work well - except that it does not seem to work at all if the range is dynamic. I have the range defined as a formula using the InsertNameDefine menu (it does not appear on the drop down list in the menu bar). Do you find this to be the case also? "Gary''s Student" wrote: This is an excellent question! Say in B2 thru D4 we have: 4 6 8 6 9 12 8 12 16 and we assign this block of cells the Name: cars You will find =INDEX(B2:D4,1,1) =INDEX(cars,1,1) both work. if A1 contains the text: B2:D4 =INDEX(INDIRECT(A1),1,1) will also work If A2 contains the text: cars =INDEX(INDIRECT(A2),1,1) will also work The question is excellent to me because it revealed that I can index any of a set of tables simply by storing the table name in a reference cell. -- Gary''s Student - gsnu200746 "Arun" wrote: Is it true that you cannot use the INDIRECT function to call a dynamic range name from another cell? I have a dynamic range named Cars. Cell A1 has this text in it. For some reason this formula is not working: =Index(Indirect(A1),1,1) although this works... =Index(Cars,1,1) If I can't do this because Cars is a dynamic range (defined with a formula using Insert-Name) is there any work around? -Arun |
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INDIRECT with dynamic range
Instead of defining Cars by simply selecting the range and typing "Cars" into
the title bar, go to InsertNameDefine and in the Name box type in "Cars2" then in the 'refers to' bar type in "=offset(B2,0,0,3,3)" then select Add. Now replace the text in A2 with "Cars2". I find it doesn't work despite the fact that it is still a legally defined range. "Gary''s Student" wrote: Give me a more specific example. -- Gary''s Student - gsnu200746 "Arun" wrote: Yes, I think that this will work well - except that it does not seem to work at all if the range is dynamic. I have the range defined as a formula using the InsertNameDefine menu (it does not appear on the drop down list in the menu bar). Do you find this to be the case also? "Gary''s Student" wrote: This is an excellent question! Say in B2 thru D4 we have: 4 6 8 6 9 12 8 12 16 and we assign this block of cells the Name: cars You will find =INDEX(B2:D4,1,1) =INDEX(cars,1,1) both work. if A1 contains the text: B2:D4 =INDEX(INDIRECT(A1),1,1) will also work If A2 contains the text: cars =INDEX(INDIRECT(A2),1,1) will also work The question is excellent to me because it revealed that I can index any of a set of tables simply by storing the table name in a reference cell. -- Gary''s Student - gsnu200746 "Arun" wrote: Is it true that you cannot use the INDIRECT function to call a dynamic range name from another cell? I have a dynamic range named Cars. Cell A1 has this text in it. For some reason this formula is not working: =Index(Indirect(A1),1,1) although this works... =Index(Cars,1,1) If I can't do this because Cars is a dynamic range (defined with a formula using Insert-Name) is there any work around? -Arun |
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INDIRECT with dynamic range
Now we are getting somewhere.
Take you equation =offset(B2,0,0,3,3) and insert it in a cell and it displays: #VALUE! What is more important is that if you click in the cell with the formula, you will see it refers to a single cell: B2 rather than a small table. Maybe this annoys INDEX()?? -- Gary''s Student - gsnu200746 "Arun" wrote: Instead of defining Cars by simply selecting the range and typing "Cars" into the title bar, go to InsertNameDefine and in the Name box type in "Cars2" then in the 'refers to' bar type in "=offset(B2,0,0,3,3)" then select Add. Now replace the text in A2 with "Cars2". I find it doesn't work despite the fact that it is still a legally defined range. "Gary''s Student" wrote: Give me a more specific example. -- Gary''s Student - gsnu200746 "Arun" wrote: Yes, I think that this will work well - except that it does not seem to work at all if the range is dynamic. I have the range defined as a formula using the InsertNameDefine menu (it does not appear on the drop down list in the menu bar). Do you find this to be the case also? "Gary''s Student" wrote: This is an excellent question! Say in B2 thru D4 we have: 4 6 8 6 9 12 8 12 16 and we assign this block of cells the Name: cars You will find =INDEX(B2:D4,1,1) =INDEX(cars,1,1) both work. if A1 contains the text: B2:D4 =INDEX(INDIRECT(A1),1,1) will also work If A2 contains the text: cars =INDEX(INDIRECT(A2),1,1) will also work The question is excellent to me because it revealed that I can index any of a set of tables simply by storing the table name in a reference cell. -- Gary''s Student - gsnu200746 "Arun" wrote: Is it true that you cannot use the INDIRECT function to call a dynamic range name from another cell? I have a dynamic range named Cars. Cell A1 has this text in it. For some reason this formula is not working: =Index(Indirect(A1),1,1) although this works... =Index(Cars,1,1) If I can't do this because Cars is a dynamic range (defined with a formula using Insert-Name) is there any work around? -Arun |
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INDIRECT with dynamic range
That's because it's a range and not a single value. If you entered the
formula '=cars' in the cell you would also get the #VALUE! error - yet this range name works in the INDIRECT function as you showed earlier. The reason that B2 highlights is that it is the cell value specified in your formula. This issue is really with the INDIRECT function and not with the INDEX function. If you remove the INDIRECT part, the INDEX function works perfectly well regardless of how you define the range (using cars or cars2). "Gary''s Student" wrote: Now we are getting somewhere. Take you equation =offset(B2,0,0,3,3) and insert it in a cell and it displays: #VALUE! What is more important is that if you click in the cell with the formula, you will see it refers to a single cell: B2 rather than a small table. Maybe this annoys INDEX()?? -- Gary''s Student - gsnu200746 "Arun" wrote: Instead of defining Cars by simply selecting the range and typing "Cars" into the title bar, go to InsertNameDefine and in the Name box type in "Cars2" then in the 'refers to' bar type in "=offset(B2,0,0,3,3)" then select Add. Now replace the text in A2 with "Cars2". I find it doesn't work despite the fact that it is still a legally defined range. "Gary''s Student" wrote: Give me a more specific example. -- Gary''s Student - gsnu200746 "Arun" wrote: Yes, I think that this will work well - except that it does not seem to work at all if the range is dynamic. I have the range defined as a formula using the InsertNameDefine menu (it does not appear on the drop down list in the menu bar). Do you find this to be the case also? "Gary''s Student" wrote: This is an excellent question! Say in B2 thru D4 we have: 4 6 8 6 9 12 8 12 16 and we assign this block of cells the Name: cars You will find =INDEX(B2:D4,1,1) =INDEX(cars,1,1) both work. if A1 contains the text: B2:D4 =INDEX(INDIRECT(A1),1,1) will also work If A2 contains the text: cars =INDEX(INDIRECT(A2),1,1) will also work The question is excellent to me because it revealed that I can index any of a set of tables simply by storing the table name in a reference cell. -- Gary''s Student - gsnu200746 "Arun" wrote: Is it true that you cannot use the INDIRECT function to call a dynamic range name from another cell? I have a dynamic range named Cars. Cell A1 has this text in it. For some reason this formula is not working: =Index(Indirect(A1),1,1) although this works... =Index(Cars,1,1) If I can't do this because Cars is a dynamic range (defined with a formula using Insert-Name) is there any work around? -Arun |
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INDIRECT with dynamic range
I think you are correct. I don't know a way around this.
-- Gary''s Student - gsnu200746 "Arun" wrote: That's because it's a range and not a single value. If you entered the formula '=cars' in the cell you would also get the #VALUE! error - yet this range name works in the INDIRECT function as you showed earlier. The reason that B2 highlights is that it is the cell value specified in your formula. This issue is really with the INDIRECT function and not with the INDEX function. If you remove the INDIRECT part, the INDEX function works perfectly well regardless of how you define the range (using cars or cars2). "Gary''s Student" wrote: Now we are getting somewhere. Take you equation =offset(B2,0,0,3,3) and insert it in a cell and it displays: #VALUE! What is more important is that if you click in the cell with the formula, you will see it refers to a single cell: B2 rather than a small table. Maybe this annoys INDEX()?? -- Gary''s Student - gsnu200746 "Arun" wrote: Instead of defining Cars by simply selecting the range and typing "Cars" into the title bar, go to InsertNameDefine and in the Name box type in "Cars2" then in the 'refers to' bar type in "=offset(B2,0,0,3,3)" then select Add. Now replace the text in A2 with "Cars2". I find it doesn't work despite the fact that it is still a legally defined range. "Gary''s Student" wrote: Give me a more specific example. -- Gary''s Student - gsnu200746 "Arun" wrote: Yes, I think that this will work well - except that it does not seem to work at all if the range is dynamic. I have the range defined as a formula using the InsertNameDefine menu (it does not appear on the drop down list in the menu bar). Do you find this to be the case also? "Gary''s Student" wrote: This is an excellent question! Say in B2 thru D4 we have: 4 6 8 6 9 12 8 12 16 and we assign this block of cells the Name: cars You will find =INDEX(B2:D4,1,1) =INDEX(cars,1,1) both work. if A1 contains the text: B2:D4 =INDEX(INDIRECT(A1),1,1) will also work If A2 contains the text: cars =INDEX(INDIRECT(A2),1,1) will also work The question is excellent to me because it revealed that I can index any of a set of tables simply by storing the table name in a reference cell. -- Gary''s Student - gsnu200746 "Arun" wrote: Is it true that you cannot use the INDIRECT function to call a dynamic range name from another cell? I have a dynamic range named Cars. Cell A1 has this text in it. For some reason this formula is not working: =Index(Indirect(A1),1,1) although this works... =Index(Cars,1,1) If I can't do this because Cars is a dynamic range (defined with a formula using Insert-Name) is there any work around? -Arun |
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INDIRECT with dynamic range
The problem is that INDIRECT requires a TEXT representation of a valid
reference. A *named formula* is not a TEXT representation of a valid reference. How are you using INDIRECT? You can always "build" the dynamic range directly into the formula instead of trying to call it up with INDIRECT. -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Gary''s Student" wrote in message ... I think you are correct. I don't know a way around this. -- Gary''s Student - gsnu200746 "Arun" wrote: That's because it's a range and not a single value. If you entered the formula '=cars' in the cell you would also get the #VALUE! error - yet this range name works in the INDIRECT function as you showed earlier. The reason that B2 highlights is that it is the cell value specified in your formula. This issue is really with the INDIRECT function and not with the INDEX function. If you remove the INDIRECT part, the INDEX function works perfectly well regardless of how you define the range (using cars or cars2). "Gary''s Student" wrote: Now we are getting somewhere. Take you equation =offset(B2,0,0,3,3) and insert it in a cell and it displays: #VALUE! What is more important is that if you click in the cell with the formula, you will see it refers to a single cell: B2 rather than a small table. Maybe this annoys INDEX()?? -- Gary''s Student - gsnu200746 "Arun" wrote: Instead of defining Cars by simply selecting the range and typing "Cars" into the title bar, go to InsertNameDefine and in the Name box type in "Cars2" then in the 'refers to' bar type in "=offset(B2,0,0,3,3)" then select Add. Now replace the text in A2 with "Cars2". I find it doesn't work despite the fact that it is still a legally defined range. "Gary''s Student" wrote: Give me a more specific example. -- Gary''s Student - gsnu200746 "Arun" wrote: Yes, I think that this will work well - except that it does not seem to work at all if the range is dynamic. I have the range defined as a formula using the InsertNameDefine menu (it does not appear on the drop down list in the menu bar). Do you find this to be the case also? "Gary''s Student" wrote: This is an excellent question! Say in B2 thru D4 we have: 4 6 8 6 9 12 8 12 16 and we assign this block of cells the Name: cars You will find =INDEX(B2:D4,1,1) =INDEX(cars,1,1) both work. if A1 contains the text: B2:D4 =INDEX(INDIRECT(A1),1,1) will also work If A2 contains the text: cars =INDEX(INDIRECT(A2),1,1) will also work The question is excellent to me because it revealed that I can index any of a set of tables simply by storing the table name in a reference cell. -- Gary''s Student - gsnu200746 "Arun" wrote: Is it true that you cannot use the INDIRECT function to call a dynamic range name from another cell? I have a dynamic range named Cars. Cell A1 has this text in it. For some reason this formula is not working: =Index(Indirect(A1),1,1) although this works... =Index(Cars,1,1) If I can't do this because Cars is a dynamic range (defined with a formula using Insert-Name) is there any work around? -Arun |
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INDIRECT with dynamic range
Thanks Biff
-- Gary''s Student - gsnu200746 "T. Valko" wrote: The problem is that INDIRECT requires a TEXT representation of a valid reference. A *named formula* is not a TEXT representation of a valid reference. How are you using INDIRECT? You can always "build" the dynamic range directly into the formula instead of trying to call it up with INDIRECT. -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Gary''s Student" wrote in message ... I think you are correct. I don't know a way around this. -- Gary''s Student - gsnu200746 "Arun" wrote: That's because it's a range and not a single value. If you entered the formula '=cars' in the cell you would also get the #VALUE! error - yet this range name works in the INDIRECT function as you showed earlier. The reason that B2 highlights is that it is the cell value specified in your formula. This issue is really with the INDIRECT function and not with the INDEX function. If you remove the INDIRECT part, the INDEX function works perfectly well regardless of how you define the range (using cars or cars2). "Gary''s Student" wrote: Now we are getting somewhere. Take you equation =offset(B2,0,0,3,3) and insert it in a cell and it displays: #VALUE! What is more important is that if you click in the cell with the formula, you will see it refers to a single cell: B2 rather than a small table. Maybe this annoys INDEX()?? -- Gary''s Student - gsnu200746 "Arun" wrote: Instead of defining Cars by simply selecting the range and typing "Cars" into the title bar, go to InsertNameDefine and in the Name box type in "Cars2" then in the 'refers to' bar type in "=offset(B2,0,0,3,3)" then select Add. Now replace the text in A2 with "Cars2". I find it doesn't work despite the fact that it is still a legally defined range. "Gary''s Student" wrote: Give me a more specific example. -- Gary''s Student - gsnu200746 "Arun" wrote: Yes, I think that this will work well - except that it does not seem to work at all if the range is dynamic. I have the range defined as a formula using the InsertNameDefine menu (it does not appear on the drop down list in the menu bar). Do you find this to be the case also? "Gary''s Student" wrote: This is an excellent question! Say in B2 thru D4 we have: 4 6 8 6 9 12 8 12 16 and we assign this block of cells the Name: cars You will find =INDEX(B2:D4,1,1) =INDEX(cars,1,1) both work. if A1 contains the text: B2:D4 =INDEX(INDIRECT(A1),1,1) will also work If A2 contains the text: cars =INDEX(INDIRECT(A2),1,1) will also work The question is excellent to me because it revealed that I can index any of a set of tables simply by storing the table name in a reference cell. -- Gary''s Student - gsnu200746 "Arun" wrote: Is it true that you cannot use the INDIRECT function to call a dynamic range name from another cell? I have a dynamic range named Cars. Cell A1 has this text in it. For some reason this formula is not working: =Index(Indirect(A1),1,1) although this works... =Index(Cars,1,1) If I can't do this because Cars is a dynamic range (defined with a formula using Insert-Name) is there any work around? -Arun |
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