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How to change sheet names via formula
Hello Everyone!
I have 5 sheets with different city names. On another sheet, called Compare, the user selects the city, which populates B2. In yet another sheet, I started with the formula =Compare!B2, which successfully returned the selected city. However, I don't want the city name, I only want it as a preface to switch to the appropriate sheet before grabbing the data. So I tried =(Compare!B2)!I2, I was hoping that the parentheses would switch to the sheet that matched the city in B2 and return the value in I2, but no. Does anyone know how to use a sheet name in a formula? Thank you for your time. Arlen |
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How to change sheet names via formula
=INDIRECT("'"&Compare!B2&"'!I2")
-- HTH Bob (there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy) "Arlen" wrote in message ... Hello Everyone! I have 5 sheets with different city names. On another sheet, called Compare, the user selects the city, which populates B2. In yet another sheet, I started with the formula =Compare!B2, which successfully returned the selected city. However, I don't want the city name, I only want it as a preface to switch to the appropriate sheet before grabbing the data. So I tried =(Compare!B2)!I2, I was hoping that the parentheses would switch to the sheet that matched the city in B2 and return the value in I2, but no. Does anyone know how to use a sheet name in a formula? Thank you for your time. Arlen |
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How to change sheet names via formula
=INDIRECT("'" & Compare!B2 & "'!I2")
HTH, Bernie MS Excel MVP "Arlen" wrote in message ... Hello Everyone! I have 5 sheets with different city names. On another sheet, called Compare, the user selects the city, which populates B2. In yet another sheet, I started with the formula =Compare!B2, which successfully returned the selected city. However, I don't want the city name, I only want it as a preface to switch to the appropriate sheet before grabbing the data. So I tried =(Compare!B2)!I2, I was hoping that the parentheses would switch to the sheet that matched the city in B2 and return the value in I2, but no. Does anyone know how to use a sheet name in a formula? Thank you for your time. Arlen |
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How to change sheet names via formula
Brilliant, guys!
Thanks to both of you. Arlen "Bernie Deitrick" wrote: =INDIRECT("'" & Compare!B2 & "'!I2") HTH, Bernie MS Excel MVP "Arlen" wrote in message ... Hello Everyone! I have 5 sheets with different city names. On another sheet, called Compare, the user selects the city, which populates B2. In yet another sheet, I started with the formula =Compare!B2, which successfully returned the selected city. However, I don't want the city name, I only want it as a preface to switch to the appropriate sheet before grabbing the data. So I tried =(Compare!B2)!I2, I was hoping that the parentheses would switch to the sheet that matched the city in B2 and return the value in I2, but no. Does anyone know how to use a sheet name in a formula? Thank you for your time. Arlen |
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