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In a cell F8 I have a number as for example: 3115
now in Cell M2 I want to say :
=J3115
Problem is this 3115 number may change, so how M2 value change the J row
number based on the new value?

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try in cell M2

="J" & F8

now it will put the value of F8 in cell M2, with the prefix of "J" in
front of it.
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On Apr 22, 12:57*pm, Darius wrote:
In a cell F8 I have a number as for example: 3115
now in Cell M2 I want to say :
=J3115
Problem is this 3115 number may change, so how M2 value change the J row
number based on the new value?


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use INDIRECT()

=INDIRECT("J" & F8)
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In a cell F8 I have a number as for example: 3115
now in Cell M2 I want to say :
=J3115
Problem is this 3115 number may change, so how M2 value change the J row
number based on the new value?

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Hi,

In cell M2 enter

=INDIRECT("L"&F8)

If this helped click yes thanks

"Darius" wrote:

In a cell F8 I have a number as for example: 3115
now in Cell M2 I want to say :
=J3115
Problem is this 3115 number may change, so how M2 value change the J row
number based on the new value?

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Opps
enter J instead of L

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Hi,

In cell M2 enter

=INDIRECT("L"&F8)

If this helped click yes thanks

"Darius" wrote:

In a cell F8 I have a number as for example: 3115
now in Cell M2 I want to say :
=J3115
Problem is this 3115 number may change, so how M2 value change the J row
number based on the new value?

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