How do I reference a cell reference from another cell (which leads to another worksheet cell reference)

Question

Sheet 1 Cell A1 contains value '6'.

Sheet 2 Cell A6 contains value 'apple'.

I am in Sheet1. How do I link to apple. I want to make Sheet 1 Cell A1 a variable so I can change it.

I tried Sheet2.A & "A1" but it does not work. Please help.

Checked on google but they only have variable cell references that refer to own worksheet.

Answer 1

Try:

=INDEX(Sheet2!A:A, Sheet1!A1)

Note: The way you tried is possible through the volatile INDIRECT() function, eg: =INDIRECT("Sheet2!A"&Sheet1!A1) , but this is not recommended since it would re-calculate on a ton of events . At least, the use of INDEX() is semi-volatile.

Answer 2

Make sure the cell reference starts with an equals sign. Type this into the cell in sheet 1: =Sheet2!A1 .

Same with formulas, they have to start with equals signs.