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create a formula by using text from other cells
I need to effectively use multiple If/Vlookup functions. i.e. if it's
Oranges, Lookup price history in "oranges worksheet". But I have too many categories to search in so this is not possible. So I had another solution, but can't make it work... In this case I am using a VLOOKUP formula and want to use one cell to search on (a1) and another cell to tell it which spreadsheet to search in (Sheet2) i.e. =Vlookup(a1,'[WorkbookData.xlsx](CellA2 i.e.Worksheet Name),2,False) So is there a way to create a formula that uses text from another cell? |
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create a formula by using text from other cells
INDIRECT is your function.
Check it out in Excels Help. Micky "boardbug" wrote: I need to effectively use multiple If/Vlookup functions. i.e. if it's Oranges, Lookup price history in "oranges worksheet". But I have too many categories to search in so this is not possible. So I had another solution, but can't make it work... In this case I am using a VLOOKUP formula and want to use one cell to search on (a1) and another cell to tell it which spreadsheet to search in (Sheet2) i.e. =Vlookup(a1,'[WorkbookData.xlsx](CellA2 i.e.Worksheet Name),2,False) So is there a way to create a formula that uses text from another cell? |
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