Excel Tutorial – INDIRECT

The INDIRECT function in Excel allows you to reference cells or a range of cells indirectly using a text string. This can be useful if you want to reference cells or a range of cells dynamically, rather than using a fixed cell reference.

To use the INDIRECT function, you will need to follow these steps:

1. Select the cell where you want the result of the INDIRECT function to appear.
2. Type “=INDIRECT(” (without the quotes) into the cell.
3. Specify the cell or range of cells that you want to reference indirectly as a text string. This text string should be enclosed in quotation marks.
4. Optional: You can specify an additional parameter to specify whether the text string should be interpreted as a cell reference or a range of cells. This parameter should be set to TRUE to interpret the text string as a range of cells, or FALSE to interpret the text string as a cell reference.
5. Close the parenthesis by typing “)”.

For example, if you wanted to reference cell A1 indirectly using the INDIRECT function, you could use the following formula: “=INDIRECT(“A1″)”. This will return the value in cell A1.

You can also use the INDIRECT function to reference a range of cells indirectly. For example, if you wanted to reference the range A1:C3 indirectly using the INDIRECT function, you could use the following formula: “=INDIRECT(“A1:C3″, TRUE)”. This will return an array of values consisting of the values in cells A1:C3.

I hope this tutorial has been helpful in understanding how to use the INDIRECT function in Excel.