Use a cell with text on it as part of a SUM formula

[mmorganb]

Using an indirect command, I got "Bond!D15" in cell A1. "Bond" is the
name of one of my tabs.

I want to sum the values in the Bond tab, cells D15, using the text
displayed in cell A1. In other words, I want to use SUM(Bond!D15) in
cell A2, but I don't want to type the "Bond!D15" portion, but rather
pull it from cell A1, which is showing "Bond!D15"...obviously,
=sum("A1") didn't work.

I'm attaching the example in case I have managed to confuse everybody.


Thanks a lot for your help!

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[Jake Marx]

Hi mmorganb,

That is what you should use the INDIRECT worksheet function for. Enter this
in A2:

=SUM(INDIRECT(A1))

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Jake Marx
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[Frank Kabel]

Hi
try
=SUM(INDIRECT(A1))
if A1 stores your cell reference as string

Frank

 

[Bob Phillips]

=SUM(INDIRECT(A1))

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[mmorganb]

Guys,

Thanks for your prompt reply (in fact, I found out I was making an
obvious mistake). Your help was greatly appreciated.

Michael