Imbedding a tab reference into a formulae

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Hi everyone, hoping you can help

 

I have a spreadsheet with multiple tabs and want to be able to let the user decide which tab to extract data from i.e. select a specfic cell from tab  Feb, Mar or Apr etc

 

User types the tab they want, such as "Feb" into a cell

 

I want the formula to then use this to select a specific cell (say, C3) from the worksheet they select (Feb)

Without the user reference this is would simply be =+'Feb'!C3 

 

But I want the tab reference to be user defined through their entry into a cell, say A1

So how do I embed this in the formula?

I've tried +$A$1!C3 or +'$A$1'!C3 or +$A$1!C3 where the user has to use commas around the tab reference i.e. 'Feb'  all without success

 

Many thanks in advance

3 Replies

@lambybutler Try it this way:

=INDIRECT("'"&A1&"'!C3")

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@Riny_van_Eekelen that works just great. 

 

Many, many thanks

@lambybutler Great! Glad I could help.