{"id":3051,"date":"2018-09-22T16:07:19","date_gmt":"2018-09-22T16:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/?p=3051"},"modified":"2024-03-29T13:43:50","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T13:43:50","slug":"get-cell-value","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/formulas\/get-cell-value\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Get Cell Value in Excel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-7e92609f-72e1-484b-9e7d-48fcd04815e3\" href=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Get-Cell-Value-in-Excel.xlsx\">Get-Cell-Value-in-Excel<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Get-Cell-Value-in-Excel.xlsx\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-7e92609f-72e1-484b-9e7d-48fcd04815e3\">Download File<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to return the cell address or cell value by specifying a row and column, you can do it by using two functions: <strong>ADDRESS<\/strong> and <strong>INDIRECT<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"522\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/get-cell-value-example.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3052\" srcset=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/get-cell-value-example.png 522w, https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/get-cell-value-example-300x57.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ADDRESS function<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This function returns the reference to a cell as a text, given specified row and column numbers. In this example, you can see that it takes the second row and the first column and returns $A$2, which is an <a href=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/en\/training\/relative-absolute-and-mixed-cell-references\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">absolute reference<\/a> to this cell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">=ADDRESS(2,1)<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">INDIRECT function<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The INDIRECT function returns a reference specified by a text string. Take a look at the following formula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">=INDIRECT(\"$A$2\")<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>It takes cell reference as text and returns 12, which is the value we want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You don\u2019t have to do an absolute reference if you use this function, you can also use a <a href=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/training\/relative-absolute-and-mixed-cell-references\/\">relative reference<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">=INDIRECT(\"A2\")<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Get cell value<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>By combining these two functions, you can get a cell value by providing row and column numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">=INDIRECT(ADDRESS(2,1))<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>The ADDRESS will return a reference as text, the INDIRECT will return a value under this text reference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you want to return the cell address or cell value by specifying a row and column, you can do it by using&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[170,190],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to Get Cell Value in Excel<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn how to use the ADDRESS and INDIRECT functions in Excel to return the cell address or cell value by specifying a row and column. 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