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How can I prevent the cell reference in my formula from shifting? I have a worksheet with columns from A to P, My IF formula in column G is =IF($J2=P2,"No Change",IF(AND($J2=4,P2<4),"New 4",IF(AND...
Use the symbol $ before the column letter in your formula
Thanks for that but the $ doesn’t have an effect
- Excel shifts the position and reference when you add or delete column or row. It helps to keep relative reference. If your data is on column J and suddenly another column is add before J, it "shifts to the right" moving your reference to the next column. It makes sense because you are adding a column before that column. If you want to keep absolute reference on your formula you need to create another formula INDIRECT("YourCellReference")
=IF(INDIRECT("J2")=INDIRECT("P2").....- Thank you Juliano, it works now, however I have 87,000 lines so the row reference numbers are not changing when I drag the formula down, do you have a trick to overcome this?