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Cell D23's value is "$C$2", I want to use Function "Cell" to get the content
of cell C2. =Cell("centents", D23) but the result is "$C$2" instead of its
content. Is there any way that can help me convert string $C$2 to reference
C2?
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On Nov 27, 3:44 pm, ViestaWu wrote:
Cell D23's value is "$C$2", I want to use Function "Cell" to get the content
of cell C2. =Cell("centents", D23) but the result is "$C$2" instead of its
content. Is there any way that can help me convert string $C$2 to reference
C2?


try

=indirect(D23)

hth

Carlo
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