Need workaround for Arrayformula breaking Indirect functions (google Sheets)

phillypride08

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I am using Google Sheets: I am trying to nest a formula that outputs a reference cell address based on the cells location within an array, and I wish I could just use the indirect function, but I know that the indirect function breaks when nested within the arrayformula.

Here's my formula:
=arrayformula(if(len(B3:B),"B"&ARRAYFORMULA(IF(LEN(B3:B),ROW(B3:B),IFERROR(1/0)))))

I would love to just use the indirect formula to output the values of each cell within the array, but that doesn't work; as once I add the Indirect function in the formula, it only references the first value for the entire array.
=arrayformula(if(len(B3:B),INDIRECT("B"&ARRAYFORMULA(IF(LEN(B3:B),ROW(B3:B),IFERROR(1/0)))))

Is there any work around to this that I can use without integrating custom formulas and scripts? PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HELP!

 

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