refer to specific worksheet

Dear all

I want to refer to a cell in a worksheet by writing down the worksheet
in A2. I tried =CONCATENATE("=",A2,"!A1") but it will write down the
formula =sheet2!A1
as a string and not evaluate it.

Dirk

hi
use INDIRECT function

"Dirk Nachbar" wrote:

> Dear all
>
> I want to refer to a cell in a worksheet by writing down the worksheet
> in A2. I tried =CONCATENATE("=",A2,"!A1") but it will write down the
> formula =sheet2!A1
> as a string and not evaluate it.
>
> Dirk
>
>

"Dirk Nachbar" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Dear all
>
> I want to refer to a cell in a worksheet by writing down the worksheet
> in A2. I tried =CONCATENATE("=",A2,"!A1") but it will write down the
> formula =sheet2!A1
> as a string and not evaluate it.
>
> Dirk
>

Try =INDIRECT(A2&"!A1")

Cheers,

Joerg