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JudeG
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May 09, 2023
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Is it possible to use the ADDRESS function within the CELL functiion?

  I would like to use the ADDRESS function within the CELL ("contents") function to access a cell's contents based on a constructed address. This will be used to copy data from a sheet containing a ...
  • Patrick2788's avatar
    May 09, 2023

    JudeG 

    CELL's signature is looking for a reference. ADDRESS returns text. You'd need to convert the results of ADDRESS to a reference as such:

    =CELL("contents",INDIRECT(ADDRESS(1,9+A1,4,1,"T")))

     

    My thoughts are if you're going to use the above, you might as well simply use INDIRECT.

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