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Tanya

PROBLEM WITH INDIRECT & VLOOKUP FORMULA
 
Hi, I hope someone can help me

I have the following formula and as I step through it, I can't see any
problem with it, however it keeps returning an error.

Rolls!A4 contains the following formula

=INDIRECT((VLOOKUP(B2,D41:F50,3,TRUE))&"!")&A5

What I am trying to achieve:
I have 10 worksheets with a list of students names on each. the Vlookup
formula refers to an index [D41:F50] containing the following information:
className Teacher sheet
Eg. 9ISTX Mrs Duffy 1

Any assistance would be appreciated.
Regards
tanya

Pete_UK

PROBLEM WITH INDIRECT & VLOOKUP FORMULA
 
Try moving the closed bracket to the end of the formula like so:

=INDIRECT((VLOOKUP(B2,D41:F50,3,TRUE))&"!A5")

I assume in your example that you want to get data from 1!A5

Hope this helps.

Pete

On Oct 11, 11:29 am, Tanya wrote:
Hi, I hope someone can help me

I have the following formula and as I step through it, I can't see any
problem with it, however it keeps returning an error.

Rolls!A4 contains the following formula

=INDIRECT((VLOOKUP(B2,D41:F50,3,TRUE))&"!")&A5

What I am trying to achieve:
I have 10 worksheets with a list of students names on each. the Vlookup
formula refers to an index [D41:F50] containing the following information:
className Teacher sheet
Eg. 9ISTX Mrs Duffy 1

Any assistance would be appreciated.
Regards
tanya




vezerid

PROBLEM WITH INDIRECT & VLOOKUP FORMULA
 
Do you want to refer to cell A5 of the chosen sheet? Then:

=INDIRECT((VLOOKUP(B2,D41:F50,3,TRUE))&"!A5"

The issue here is what does A5 contain. It should contain a cell
address like B1, AF13 etc.

Is there a chance that your sheet names have space? If so:

=INDIRECT("'"&VLOOKUP(B2,D41:F50,3,TRUE)&"'!")&A5

Notice the extra single quotes.

The solution might be in a combination of the two suggestions.

HTH
Kostis Vezerides

On Oct 11, 1:29 pm, Tanya wrote:
Hi, I hope someone can help me

I have the following formula and as I step through it, I can't see any
problem with it, however it keeps returning an error.

Rolls!A4 contains the following formula

=INDIRECT((VLOOKUP(B2,D41:F50,3,TRUE))&"!")&A5

What I am trying to achieve:
I have 10 worksheets with a list of students names on each. the Vlookup
formula refers to an index [D41:F50] containing the following information:
className Teacher sheet
Eg. 9ISTX Mrs Duffy 1

Any assistance would be appreciated.
Regards
tanya




Max

PROBLEM WITH INDIRECT & VLOOKUP FORMULA
 
One guess ..

Try it as:
=INDIRECT("'"&VLOOKUP(B2,D41:F50,3,TRUE)&"'!A5")
--
Max
Singapore
http://savefile.com/projects/236895
xdemechanik
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"Tanya" wrote:
Hi, I hope someone can help me

I have the following formula and as I step through it, I can't see any
problem with it, however it keeps returning an error.

Rolls!A4 contains the following formula

=INDIRECT((VLOOKUP(B2,D41:F50,3,TRUE))&"!")&A5

What I am trying to achieve:
I have 10 worksheets with a list of students names on each. the Vlookup
formula refers to an index [D41:F50] containing the following information:
className Teacher sheet
Eg. 9ISTX Mrs Duffy 1

Any assistance would be appreciated.
Regards
tanya


Tanya

PROBLEM WITH INDIRECT & VLOOKUP FORMULA
 

Thank you very much, it worked a treat and saved me a lot of time.

Regards
Tanya

"Max" wrote:

One guess ..

Try it as:
=INDIRECT("'"&VLOOKUP(B2,D41:F50,3,TRUE)&"'!A5")
--
Max
Singapore
http://savefile.com/projects/236895
xdemechanik
---
"Tanya" wrote:
Hi, I hope someone can help me

I have the following formula and as I step through it, I can't see any
problem with it, however it keeps returning an error.

Rolls!A4 contains the following formula

=INDIRECT((VLOOKUP(B2,D41:F50,3,TRUE))&"!")&A5

What I am trying to achieve:
I have 10 worksheets with a list of students names on each. the Vlookup
formula refers to an index [D41:F50] containing the following information:
className Teacher sheet
Eg. 9ISTX Mrs Duffy 1

Any assistance would be appreciated.
Regards
tanya


Tanya

PROBLEM WITH INDIRECT & VLOOKUP FORMULA
 
Thank you, it works well.

Regards
Tanya

"Pete_UK" wrote:

Try moving the closed bracket to the end of the formula like so:

=INDIRECT((VLOOKUP(B2,D41:F50,3,TRUE))&"!A5")

I assume in your example that you want to get data from 1!A5

Hope this helps.

Pete

On Oct 11, 11:29 am, Tanya wrote:
Hi, I hope someone can help me

I have the following formula and as I step through it, I can't see any
problem with it, however it keeps returning an error.

Rolls!A4 contains the following formula

=INDIRECT((VLOOKUP(B2,D41:F50,3,TRUE))&"!")&A5

What I am trying to achieve:
I have 10 worksheets with a list of students names on each. the Vlookup
formula refers to an index [D41:F50] containing the following information:
className Teacher sheet
Eg. 9ISTX Mrs Duffy 1

Any assistance would be appreciated.
Regards
tanya





Tanya

PROBLEM WITH INDIRECT & VLOOKUP FORMULA
 

Thank you for your support, it is greatly appreciated.

Regards
Tanya

"vezerid" wrote:

Do you want to refer to cell A5 of the chosen sheet? Then:

=INDIRECT((VLOOKUP(B2,D41:F50,3,TRUE))&"!A5"

The issue here is what does A5 contain. It should contain a cell
address like B1, AF13 etc.

Is there a chance that your sheet names have space? If so:

=INDIRECT("'"&VLOOKUP(B2,D41:F50,3,TRUE)&"'!")&A5

Notice the extra single quotes.

The solution might be in a combination of the two suggestions.

HTH
Kostis Vezerides

On Oct 11, 1:29 pm, Tanya wrote:
Hi, I hope someone can help me

I have the following formula and as I step through it, I can't see any
problem with it, however it keeps returning an error.

Rolls!A4 contains the following formula

=INDIRECT((VLOOKUP(B2,D41:F50,3,TRUE))&"!")&A5

What I am trying to achieve:
I have 10 worksheets with a list of students names on each. the Vlookup
formula refers to an index [D41:F50] containing the following information:
className Teacher sheet
Eg. 9ISTX Mrs Duffy 1

Any assistance would be appreciated.
Regards
tanya





Max

PROBLEM WITH INDIRECT & VLOOKUP FORMULA
 
welcome, good to hear that.
--
Max
Singapore
http://savefile.com/projects/236895
xdemechanik
---
"Tanya" wrote in message
...
Thank you, it works well.

Regards
Tanya




Max

PROBLEM WITH INDIRECT & VLOOKUP FORMULA
 
welcome, good to hear that.
--
Max
Singapore
http://savefile.com/projects/236895
xdemechanik
---
"Tanya" wrote in message
...

Thank you very much, it worked a treat and saved me a lot of time.

Regards
Tanya




Max

PROBLEM WITH INDIRECT & VLOOKUP FORMULA
 
Sorry, Pete. Posted to the wrong branch
--
Max
Singapore
http://savefile.com/projects/236895
xdemechanik
---



Pete_UK

PROBLEM WITH INDIRECT & VLOOKUP FORMULA
 
You're welcome, Tanya - thanks for feeding back (to us all).

Pete

On Oct 11, 1:01 pm, Tanya wrote:
Thank you, it works well.

Regards
Tanya



"Pete_UK" wrote:
Try moving the closed bracket to the end of the formula like so:


=INDIRECT((VLOOKUP(B2,D41:F50,3,TRUE))&"!A5")


I assume in your example that you want to get data from 1!A5


Hope this helps.


Pete


On Oct 11, 11:29 am, Tanya wrote:
Hi, I hope someone can help me


I have the following formula and as I step through it, I can't see any
problem with it, however it keeps returning an error.


Rolls!A4 contains the following formula


=INDIRECT((VLOOKUP(B2,D41:F50,3,TRUE))&"!")&A5


What I am trying to achieve:
I have 10 worksheets with a list of students names on each. the Vlookup
formula refers to an index [D41:F50] containing the following information:
className Teacher sheet
Eg. 9ISTX Mrs Duffy 1


Any assistance would be appreciated.
Regards
tanya- Hide quoted text -


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Pete_UK

PROBLEM WITH INDIRECT & VLOOKUP FORMULA
 
Easily done <bg

Pete

On Oct 11, 1:48 pm, "Max" wrote:
Sorry, Pete. Posted to the wrong branch
--
Max
Singaporehttp://savefile.com/projects/236895
xdemechanik
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