Hi Rd!

Yeah, there's something wrong with the "groups".

I normally access through the web interface but some of the groups aren't
available there. .excel, .misc, .newusers, .worksheet.functions don't come
up. So I'm using a newsreader at this time.

There are an awful lot of fragmented posts! Replies coming up as individual
threads.

I still stand by the vote of confidence I gave you in his other thread!

Well, that's a compliment and a joke at the same time.

I guess you had "to be there" to get it.

Biff

"RagDyeR" wrote in message
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Don't know what's been happening with the servers lately, but this post:

<<"So now you find the problem! <g I missed it myself but I
didn't test anything!
I still stand by the vote of confidence I gave you in his
other thread!
Biff"

This is the first post that I can see from you in regards to this thread
or
the OPs first thread.

Since Gary's thanking you for something, I guess he can see your
submissions.

I notice a greater number of posts appearing that don't make any sense,
meaning that more and more of them are not coming through all of the MS
servers, and the threads are being fragmented.
I've posted suggestions to several threads, where I could only see the OP
through the post of another responder to that thread.

And you say that you gave me a vote of confidence?<g

Gee ... that's nice.
Too bad I missed that one!<vbg
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Regards,

RD
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"Biff" wrote in message
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So now you find the problem! <g I missed it myself but I
didn't test anything!

I still stand by the vote of confidence I gave you in his
other thread!

Biff

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Don't know why I didn't see this before, but I just
happened to notice that
you *have* quotes around C2 and C4 in the first half of
the formula, and
*not* in the second half.

*Eliminate* the quotes from C2 and C4!

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HTH,

RD
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"RagDyer" wrote in message
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Break up the references and try each one separately to
insure that they *do*
actually return the value in the cell.

On my test Sheet1,
B1 = sheet2
C2 = a
C4 = b
On Sheet2,
A2 contains the number 555.
B2 contains the number 222

I took this:
=IF(INDIRECT("'"&B$1&"'!"&"C$2"&ROW(A2))

Revised it to this:
=INDIRECT(B1&"!"&C$2&ROW(A2))

And got the return of 555.

I did the same with the second half :
+INDIRECT("'"&B$1&"'!"&"C$4"&ROW(A2))
And revised it to:
=INDIRECT(B$1&"!"&C$4&ROW(A2))

And got the return of 222.

Combining them:

=INDIRECT(B1&"!"&C$2&ROW(A2))+INDIRECT(B$1&"!"&C $4&ROW
(A2))

Gave me a return of 777.

So ... for me ... this formula works by returning the
contents of the cells
I referenced.

I don't have any idea what you have in the cells you're
referencing.

You should check out your formula, piecemeal, and see if
you get exactly
what you expect.

Post back with your results.
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RD
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"gbeard" wrote in message
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RD,
I noticed I miss wrote my first explanation. I want a
blank cell if the
result is B3 not <B3. I want it to return the sum if
it's <B3.

Sorry,

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