referencing a name from a cell value
Is it possible, to reference a defined name by referencing a cell whose value is the same as the defined name? There are 2 names, animal.dog and animal.cat, that reference a range of cells: A1:D1 and A2:D2, respectively. I would like to keep the absolute property of the named ranges with respect to the column orientation. If I reference animal.dog on another worksheet from the cell Ax, I would like it to return A1. Cell A10's value is: animal.cat Looking for way to accomplish something like the following. In cell Cx: =name(A.10). And have it return the value of C1. If this is possible, would like to take it a step further and use a combination of a string and a reference to a cell's value to reference a defined name. Imagine it could look something like this. In cell Cx: =refname("animal."&A10). And the value returned would be from C column of the animal.dog defined name, C1. -- name ------------------------------------------------------------------------ name's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=34115 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=557735 |
referencing a name from a cell value
I think what you are looking for is the =INDIRECT function. Example: Range A1:D1 is named animal.dog as in your example A1 = 10 B1 = 20 C1 = 30 D1 = 40 If cell F1 contains the text animal.dog the formula =SUM(INDIRECT(F1)) will return the sum of cells A1 through D1, i.e. 100 name Wrote: Is it possible, to reference a defined name by referencing a cell whose value is the same as the defined name? There are 2 names, animal.dog and animal.cat, that reference a range of cells: A1:D1 and A2:D2, respectively. I would like to keep the absolute property of the named ranges with respect to the column orientation. If I reference animal.dog on another worksheet from the cell Ax, I would like it to return A1. Cell A10's value is: animal.cat Looking for way to accomplish something like the following. In cell Cx: =name(A.10). And have it return the value of C1. If this is possible, would like to take it a step further and use a combination of a string and a reference to a cell's value to reference a defined name. Imagine it could look something like this. In cell Cx: =refname("animal."&A10). And the value returned would be from C column of the animal.dog defined name, C1. -- CaptainQuattro ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CaptainQuattro's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=32763 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=557735 |
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