Problem with the INDEX function

[Hansoh]

could someone help with this problem?

let's say i have a 10X10 array that i've named ARRAY.

i'm using an INDEX call that references the array:
=INDEX(ARRAY,1,1). this works correctly and returns '1000' as a value.

however, when i use the following function:
=INDEX(G17,1,1) {G17 contains the word 'Array'), the function doesn't work. it returns 'Array'. i thought using G17 in the first argument (G17 contains the word 'Array'), would reference the array named 'Array', not the actual cell G17 itself. how do i fix this?

when i use the following function:
=INDEX(vlookup(x,x:x,1),1,1) where the function vlookup(x,x:x,1) returns 'Array', the index function doesn't work at all; it returns #VALUE!.

the bottomline is this; i need an INDEX function that's flexible enough so that the first argument (the INDEX function looks like this by the way: =INDEX(array, row_num, column_num) can be vary based on certain conditions. for example, if user chooses X, the 1st argument references Array, if user chooses Y, the 1st argument references Array1, etc, etc.


please help.



han

 

[Aladin Akyurek]

On 2002-03-01 06:04, Hansoh wrote:
could someone help with this problem?

let's say i have a 10X10 array that i've named ARRAY.

i'm using an INDEX call that references the array:
=INDEX(ARRAY,1,1). this works correctly and returns '1000' as a value.

however, when i use the following function:
=INDEX(G17,1,1) {G17 contains the word 'Array'), the function doesn't work. it returns 'Array'. i thought using G17 in the first argument (G17 contains the word 'Array'), would reference the array named 'Array', not the actual cell G17 itself. how do i fix this?

when i use the following function:
=INDEX(vlookup(x,x:x,1),1,1) where the function vlookup(x,x:x,1) returns 'Array', the index function doesn't work at all; it returns #VALUE!.

the bottomline is this; i need an INDEX function that's flexible enough so that the first argument (the INDEX function looks like this by the way: =INDEX(array, row_num, column_num) can be vary based on certain conditions. for example, if user chooses X, the 1st argument references Array, if user chooses Y, the 1st argument references Array1, etc, etc.


please help.



han

Han,

If what INDEX retrieves is a name that references a range, you should apply INDIRECT on the result INDEX retrives: Not sure but in your case it should be somthing like:

INDIRECT(INDEX(G17,1,1)) as part of a formula where you need the range.

Otherwise, describe your problem a bit more(without invoking formulas that you use, if you can).

Aladin