Excel formula to find reference used by other cell

Question

Is there a way to find out the address of the cell being referenced in another cell in excel?

Eg cell C1 contains formula =max(A:A) and returns a value of 10 which is actually referenced to cell A10. Can I use a formula in cell B that returns 'A10'?

And no, I don't want to use VBA at all.

Answer 1

Assuming that your entries are in Cells A1:A7, you can do it this way ...

In Cell B1 , the formula =MAX(A1:A7) and

in Cell B2 , the cell location of the maximum number in the range (shown in B1) is given by the formula

=CELL("address",INDEX(A1:A7,MATCH(MAX(A1:A7),A1:A7,0)))

OR

=ADDRESS(MATCH(MAX(A1:A7),$A$1:A7,0),1)

Mark as answer if it helps.

Answer 2

Managed to find the solution:

Similar to Kyle's formula, but instead we use match with multiple criteria to be more specific eg =ADDRESS(MATCH(MAX(A1:A7)&"A",$A$1:A7&$B$1:$B$7,0),1)