Hi!.... this is a two part newbie question:

1) if any cell has the following data: "sheet" & A1
(where cell A1 contains an integeter value), does Excel merge the
string and integer value into a single STRING??

For example, if A1 holds an int value of 3, will Excel convert
the entire expression into a string value of "sheet3"???


2) Does excel have a function that will convert a string value into
a sheet reference??? I seem to be having problems with the
following formula:

("sheet" & A1)!F1 + F2

Basically, my sheets are labeled sheet1, sheet2 and sheet3, and the
above formula is supposed to select a sheet based on the contents of cell
A1.
Can ("sheet" & A1) somehow be converted to a sheet pointer or something??

Hope that wasn't too confusing! Thanks so much!

I answered this question in the other newsgroup you posted it in.

For your future consideration, from a post by Jeff Johnson...

"You have posted this question individually to multiple groups.
This is called Multiposting and it's BAD. Replies made in one
group will not be visible in the other groups, which may cause
multiple people to respond to your question with the same answer
because they didn't know someone else had already done it. This
is a waste of time.

If you MUST post your message to multiple groups, post a single
message and select all the groups (or type their names manually
in the Newsgroups field, separated by commas) in which you want
it to be seen. This is called Crossposting and when used properly
it is GOOD."

Some additional comment previously posted by me:

"You may not see this as a problem, but those of us who volunteer
answering questions on newsgroups do see it as a problem. You can't
imagine how annoying it is for a volunteer to read a question,
research background material, test sample code and then formulate
and post an answer to the original question only to go to another
newsgroup and find the question posted and ALREADY answered over
there. On top of that, if you cross-post your question, all of the
readers in all the newsgroups it is cross-posted to see both the
original question and all of the answers given to it. This is
beneficial to you because then we can add additional material to,
add clarification to, as well as add additional examples to an
answer you have received previously... that means you end up with
a more complete solution to your problem. This is a win-win
situation for all of us."

Rick





"Robert Bencomo" wrote in message
...
Hi!.... this is a two part newbie question:

1) if any cell has the following data: "sheet" & A1
(where cell A1 contains an integeter value), does Excel merge the
string and integer value into a single STRING??

For example, if A1 holds an int value of 3, will Excel convert
the entire expression into a string value of "sheet3"???


2) Does excel have a function that will convert a string value into
a sheet reference??? I seem to be having problems with the
following formula:

("sheet" & A1)!F1 + F2

Basically, my sheets are labeled sheet1, sheet2 and sheet3, and the
above formula is supposed to select a sheet based on the contents of cell
A1.
Can ("sheet" & A1) somehow be converted to a sheet pointer or something??

Hope that wasn't too confusing! Thanks so much!