Just wondering if there is a way to reference a sheet without using its name.
I know in VBA you can reference the first, second, third etc. sheet or use
their names.

I want to use a formula that references a certain sheet dependent on a
different cell value. For example: if cell a1 value is 3, then my formula
will refernce a cell on the third sheet. if cell a1 is 2, then the formula
would reference the same cell but on the second sheet.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Worksheets(Range("A1").Value).Range("somecellref") .Value

--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"Wes" wrote in message
...
Just wondering if there is a way to reference a sheet without using its
name.
I know in VBA you can reference the first, second, third etc. sheet or
use
their names.

I want to use a formula that references a certain sheet dependent on a
different cell value. For example: if cell a1 value is 3, then my formula
will refernce a cell on the third sheet. if cell a1 is 2, then the
formula
would reference the same cell but on the second sheet.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Sorry I guess I didn't word my question clearly. I'm wanting to do this as a
worksheet function. Is that possible? I was hoping to make this spreadsheet
entirely without VBA.

Thanks.

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

Worksheets(Range("A1").Value).Range("somecellref") .Value

--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"Wes" wrote in message
...
Just wondering if there is a way to reference a sheet without using its
name.
I know in VBA you can reference the first, second, third etc. sheet or
use
their names.

I want to use a formula that references a certain sheet dependent on a
different cell value. For example: if cell a1 value is 3, then my formula
will refernce a cell on the third sheet. if cell a1 is 2, then the
formula
would reference the same cell but on the second sheet.

Thanks in advance for your help.

No as easily.

You could use

=INDIRECT("Sheet"&A1&"!C5")

as an example, as long as they all follow the Sheet1, Sheet2, ... format.

--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"Wes" wrote in message
...
Sorry I guess I didn't word my question clearly. I'm wanting to do this
as a
worksheet function. Is that possible? I was hoping to make this
spreadsheet
entirely without VBA.

Thanks.

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

Worksheets(Range("A1").Value).Range("somecellref") .Value

--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"Wes" wrote in message
...
Just wondering if there is a way to reference a sheet without using
its
name.
I know in VBA you can reference the first, second, third etc. sheet
or
use
their names.

I want to use a formula that references a certain sheet dependent on a
different cell value. For example: if cell a1 value is 3, then my
formula
will refernce a cell on the third sheet. if cell a1 is 2, then the
formula
would reference the same cell but on the second sheet.

Thanks in advance for your help.

To bad there isn't an easy solution, since the problem I have is that they
all have sheet names that have been changed, and may change again. That is
what led me to this problem in the first place.

Thanks for your help though.

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

No as easily.

You could use

=INDIRECT("Sheet"&A1&"!C5")

as an example, as long as they all follow the Sheet1, Sheet2, ... format.

--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"Wes" wrote in message
...
Sorry I guess I didn't word my question clearly. I'm wanting to do this
as a
worksheet function. Is that possible? I was hoping to make this
spreadsheet
entirely without VBA.

Thanks.

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

Worksheets(Range("A1").Value).Range("somecellref") .Value

--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"Wes" wrote in message
...
Just wondering if there is a way to reference a sheet without using
its
name.
I know in VBA you can reference the first, second, third etc. sheet
or
use
their names.

I want to use a formula that references a certain sheet dependent on a
different cell value. For example: if cell a1 value is 3, then my
formula
will refernce a cell on the third sheet. if cell a1 is 2, then the
formula
would reference the same cell but on the second sheet.

Thanks in advance for your help.

You could have a table that lists the sheet number in one column & the sheet
name in the other, then use a VLOOKUP() to supply the sheet name to Bob's
INDIRECT() function. All you'd have to do then is maintain the table of
sheet names


"Wes" wrote:

To bad there isn't an easy solution, since the problem I have is that they
all have sheet names that have been changed, and may change again. That is
what led me to this problem in the first place.

Thanks for your help though.

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

No as easily.

You could use

=INDIRECT("Sheet"&A1&"!C5")

as an example, as long as they all follow the Sheet1, Sheet2, ... format.

--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"Wes" wrote in message
...
Sorry I guess I didn't word my question clearly. I'm wanting to do this
as a
worksheet function. Is that possible? I was hoping to make this
spreadsheet
entirely without VBA.

Thanks.

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

Worksheets(Range("A1").Value).Range("somecellref") .Value

--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"Wes" wrote in message
...
Just wondering if there is a way to reference a sheet without using
its
name.
I know in VBA you can reference the first, second, third etc. sheet
or
use
their names.

I want to use a formula that references a certain sheet dependent on a
different cell value. For example: if cell a1 value is 3, then my
formula
will refernce a cell on the third sheet. if cell a1 is 2, then the
formula
would reference the same cell but on the second sheet.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Bob Phillips wrote...
No as easily.

You could use

=INDIRECT("Sheet"&A1&"!C5")

as an example, as long as they all follow the Sheet1, Sheet2, ... format.
....

Another option would be user-defined functions, e.g.,


Function ref(wsr As Variant, rr As String) As Range
Dim wb As Workbook, ws As Worksheet

Set wb = Application.Caller.Parent.Parent

If TypeOf wsr Is Range Then wsr = wsr.Cells(1, 1).Value2

If VarType(wsr) = vbDouble Then
wsr = Int(wsr)

If 1 <= wsr And wsr <= wb.Worksheets.Count Then
Set ref = wb.Worksheets(wsr).Range(rr)
End If

ElseIf VarType(wsr) = vbString Then
On Error Resume Next
Set ws = Evaluate("'" & wsr & "'!A1").Parent

If Not ws Is Nothing Then
Set ref = ws.Range(rr)

Else
Err.Clear

For Each ws In wb.Worksheets
If ws.CodeName = wsr Then Set ref = ws.Range(rr)
Next ws

End If

End If

End Function


Off on a tangent: I was testing this udf with the formula

A2:
=CELL("Address",ref(A1,"A5"))

in a new workbook. I'd just like to point out that CELL called with 1st
arg "Address" and second arg referring to a cell in a different
worksheet happily includes the name of the unsaved workbook, but called
with 1st argument "Filename" it returns "". Obviously it isn't
impossible to return the dummy filename for unsaved files.

Microsoft copied Lotus 123 Release 2's @CELL as the basis for Excel's
CELL function. Since 123 Release 3.0 (Summer 1989), 123's @CELL
function returns a dummy but nonblank workbook name when called with
"Filename" as 1st arg. I know it's imprudent to expect Microsoft to
bring bits & pieces of Excel up to the level of functionality that its
erstwhile competitors achieved more than a decade and half ago, but
it's still nice to dream about. And with no effective competition
anymore, ridicule is the only means left to influence Microsoft.

Thanks Harlan, but unfortunately I'm trying hard to do this without any VBA.
Having coding in this spreadsheet becomes a pain because it is used throught
a school on many different computers which I would then have to lower
security to and then install a certificate on.



"Harlan Grove" wrote:

Bob Phillips wrote...
No as easily.

You could use

=INDIRECT("Sheet"&A1&"!C5")

as an example, as long as they all follow the Sheet1, Sheet2, ... format.
....

Another option would be user-defined functions, e.g.,


Function ref(wsr As Variant, rr As String) As Range
Dim wb As Workbook, ws As Worksheet

Set wb = Application.Caller.Parent.Parent

If TypeOf wsr Is Range Then wsr = wsr.Cells(1, 1).Value2

If VarType(wsr) = vbDouble Then
wsr = Int(wsr)

If 1 <= wsr And wsr <= wb.Worksheets.Count Then
Set ref = wb.Worksheets(wsr).Range(rr)
End If

ElseIf VarType(wsr) = vbString Then
On Error Resume Next
Set ws = Evaluate("'" & wsr & "'!A1").Parent

If Not ws Is Nothing Then
Set ref = ws.Range(rr)

Else
Err.Clear

For Each ws In wb.Worksheets
If ws.CodeName = wsr Then Set ref = ws.Range(rr)
Next ws

End If

End If

End Function


Off on a tangent: I was testing this udf with the formula

A2:
=CELL("Address",ref(A1,"A5"))

in a new workbook. I'd just like to point out that CELL called with 1st
arg "Address" and second arg referring to a cell in a different
worksheet happily includes the name of the unsaved workbook, but called
with 1st argument "Filename" it returns "". Obviously it isn't
impossible to return the dummy filename for unsaved files.

Microsoft copied Lotus 123 Release 2's @CELL as the basis for Excel's
CELL function. Since 123 Release 3.0 (Summer 1989), 123's @CELL
function returns a dummy but nonblank workbook name when called with
"Filename" as 1st arg. I know it's imprudent to expect Microsoft to
bring bits & pieces of Excel up to the level of functionality that its
erstwhile competitors achieved more than a decade and half ago, but
it's still nice to dream about. And with no effective competition
anymore, ridicule is the only means left to influence Microsoft.