Cell value as part of a worksheet ref. in Excel
I have a column of invoice numbers.
I have a column of names also taken from a cell on each of those invoice worksheets (The invoice worksheets are in another file.) The formula to obtain the names is: ='D:\Documents and Settings\My Documents\Work\[Filename.xls]SheetName'!$E$2 How can I reference just the SheetName part of the formula to the adjacent cell which contains the matching invoice number? (So that I can fill down the formula without having to type it afresh for each cell.) |
Cell value as part of a worksheet ref. in Excel
Let A1 contain the first worksheet name
=INDIRECT("'D:\Documents and Settings\My Documents\Work\[Filename.xls]" & A1 & "'!$E$2") This is INDIRECT( double-quote single-quote...... A1 & double-quote single-quote ! .... 2 double-quote best wishes -- Bernard V Liengme Microsoft Excel MVP http://people.stfx.ca/bliengme remove caps from email "ones_conscience" wrote in message ... I have a column of invoice numbers. I have a column of names also taken from a cell on each of those invoice worksheets (The invoice worksheets are in another file.) The formula to obtain the names is: ='D:\Documents and Settings\My Documents\Work\[Filename.xls]SheetName'!$E$2 How can I reference just the SheetName part of the formula to the adjacent cell which contains the matching invoice number? (So that I can fill down the formula without having to type it afresh for each cell.) |
Cell value as part of a worksheet ref. in Excel
The function you'd want to use that's built into excel is =indirect(). But that
function returns an error if the sending workbook is closed. If that's a problem, then Laurent Longre has an addin (morefunc.xll) at: http://xcell05.free.fr/ That includes =indirect.ext() that may help you. ones_conscience wrote: I have a column of invoice numbers. I have a column of names also taken from a cell on each of those invoice worksheets (The invoice worksheets are in another file.) The formula to obtain the names is: ='D:\Documents and Settings\My Documents\Work\[Filename.xls]SheetName'!$E$2 How can I reference just the SheetName part of the formula to the adjacent cell which contains the matching invoice number? (So that I can fill down the formula without having to type it afresh for each cell.) -- Dave Peterson |
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