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Q&A Automatic adjustment when copying of column reference within INDIRECT function

When in ColumnC B can be returned with =char(Column()+63) and since not inside double quotes this will automatically adjust to C in ColumnD. This way a string acceptable to INDIRECT can be construc...

posted 3y ago by pnuts‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Alexei‭

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#3: Post undeleted by user avatar Alexei‭ · 2021-05-26T18:09:12Z (almost 3 years ago)
#2: Post deleted by user avatar pnuts‭ · 2021-05-24T06:41:46Z (almost 3 years ago)
#1: Initial revision by user avatar pnuts‭ · 2020-10-23T15:10:05Z (over 3 years ago)
When in ColumnC `B` can be returned with `=char(Column()+63)` and since not inside double quotes this will automatically adjust to `C` in ColumnD.

This way a string acceptable to INDIRECT can be constructed in C16 that should produce the same result as the current formula in C16 and also, unlike the current formula, copy across to display the relevant result:

    =SUM(INDIRECT($A17&"!"&char(column()+63)&"$2:"&char(column()+63)))

Since relying on [COLUMN](https://support.google.com/docs/answer/3093373 ) and [CHAR](https://support.google.com/docs/answer/3094120) this is limited to referencing the columns with single character references (ie the first 26).