Dynamic cell access

calendar_today Asked Sep 22, 2011
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Question posted 2011 · +11 upvotes

My question may seem quite simple but I haven’t found the answer yet.

In excel, I would like to access a cell with a dynamic row number.

Example 1 : cell A(1+2)
Example 2 : cell B(ROW(A1)*10)

What is the syntax for this ?

Thanks.

Accepted answer +20 upvotes

Use the INDIRECT function:

=INDIRECT("A" & (1+2))
=INDIRECT("B" & ROW(A1)*10)

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