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    Question Use formula to find cell number, before referencing it?

    Let's say I want to use an item from a cell I don't know yet, but I can find the number with a formula, which turns out to be 6 at one instance, is it possible to call A6 like this?

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    Re: Use formula to find cell number, before referencing it?

    Hi, welcome to the forum

    If you already know what the 6 will be, but that it may change, you could probably use the INDIRECT() function. Something like this...

    =INDIRECT("A"&6)
    you could either hardcode 6 or reference it from another cell

    However, I have a feeling that you also probably use 1 of the regular built-in lookup functions for this, such as vlookup or index/match.

    If you give more detail then perhaps we can put something together for you?
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