Using a certain cell based on the value of another cell
I'm having trouble finding a function or its syntax to do the
following. I have a numeric value in a cell, say k12 whose value is 5. Based on this value 5. I want to perform a mathmatical operation like subtraction using cell E5. So the value in k12 specifies the row of column E I want to use. Logically I picture the syntax as being =E(k12), which would use the value in E5 for my further calculations. This of course doesn't work out. Can anybody help? |
Using a certain cell based on the value of another cell
Try one of these:
You didn't say "how" your subtraction should work so I'll assume you want to subtract this value from cell A1: =A1-INDEX(E:E,K12) =A1-IF(K12="",0,INDIRECT("E"&K12)) Biff "Tommy" wrote in message oups.com... I'm having trouble finding a function or its syntax to do the following. I have a numeric value in a cell, say k12 whose value is 5. Based on this value 5. I want to perform a mathmatical operation like subtraction using cell E5. So the value in k12 specifies the row of column E I want to use. Logically I picture the syntax as being =E(k12), which would use the value in E5 for my further calculations. This of course doesn't work out. Can anybody help? |
Using a certain cell based on the value of another cell
Try the INDIRECT function.
=INDIRECT("E"&K12) HTH, Elkar "Tommy" wrote: I'm having trouble finding a function or its syntax to do the following. I have a numeric value in a cell, say k12 whose value is 5. Based on this value 5. I want to perform a mathmatical operation like subtraction using cell E5. So the value in k12 specifies the row of column E I want to use. Logically I picture the syntax as being =E(k12), which would use the value in E5 for my further calculations. This of course doesn't work out. Can anybody help? |
Using a certain cell based on the value of another cell
Thanks, does just what I need it to do.
Elkar wrote: Try the INDIRECT function. =INDIRECT("E"&K12) HTH, Elkar "Tommy" wrote: I'm having trouble finding a function or its syntax to do the following. I have a numeric value in a cell, say k12 whose value is 5. Based on this value 5. I want to perform a mathmatical operation like subtraction using cell E5. So the value in k12 specifies the row of column E I want to use. Logically I picture the syntax as being =E(k12), which would use the value in E5 for my further calculations. This of course doesn't work out. Can anybody help? |
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