How to use name in VLOOKUP from a cell value

Question

I defined a range with a name Christmas2016 with data in a worksheet named Raw .

The range contains 3 rows with the first columns being Announcement , Last Chance , and Final Hours .

In another sheet named Summary , I have a two cells with the following values -

1. B2 contains Announcement
2. B3 contains Christmas2016

I want to run the VLOOKUP function - VLOOKUP(B2, Christmas2016, 3, FALSE) . This, of course, executes fine. However, I want to replace the hard-coded name Christmas2016 and use the value in the cell B3 .

I tried -

1. VLOOKUP(B2, B3, 3, FALSE)
2. VLOOKUP(B2, &B3, 3, FALSE)

None of these work. Is there a way to use names in the formulas that are stored as cell values.

Answer 1

这正是INDIRECT函数的用途。

=VLOOKUP(B2, INDIRECT(B3), 3, FALSE)