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Use a cell to name a file to be opened.
I want to use the contents of a cell as part of an INDEX lookup. The
contents of the cell would indicate the name of the file I want to open. Any ideas? |
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Use a cell to name a file to be opened.
INDEX works on open files only
you might try to combine INDEX with INDIRECT |
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Use a cell to name a file to be opened.
e.g.
=INDIRECT('C:\Documents and Settings\[&A1&".xls]Bonds'!$H$6") where A1=Somefile will retrieve data from file "Somefile.xls" stored in C:\Documents and Settings\, from cell H6 in worksheet named "Bonds" |
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Use a cell to name a file to be opened.
It's not =index() that has trouble with closed files.
=indirect() has trouble with closed files. Jarek Kujawa wrote: e.g. =INDIRECT('C:\Documents and Settings\[&A1&".xls]Bonds'!$H$6") where A1=Somefile will retrieve data from file "Somefile.xls" stored in C:\Documents and Settings\, from cell H6 in worksheet named "Bonds" -- Dave Peterson |
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