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Excel structured reference table syntax

I try to avoid using Excel too much, but when I do I like using structured references as they seem a lot cleaner to write.

If I create a table called "table1" with columns "col1" and "col2" how would I reference the first row in "col1" using a structured reference in another table? I have tried the syntax =table1[[#this row],[col1]], and just get an error. Is there a syntax like =table1[1,1] or =table1[1,[col1]]? Of course, this doesn't work either, but what's the equivalent?

It's very annoying, as it seems like this should be simple.

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Michael Avatar asked Dec 10 '09 10:12

Michael


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1 Answers

try

=INDEX(col1,1)

you can even address cells in a 2-dim table, using

=INDEX(reference,row_num,column_num)
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akuhn Avatar answered Sep 25 '22 11:09

akuhn