I am trying to do simple thing: I just need to set some cells to values that are on the previous rows. I have tried =A(Row()-1)
but it does not work.
Is there a way to reference the cell above? The simple way is to reference using [COLUMN_NAME]2 (the number being the current row number minus one).
If you want to look up for a value and return below and the 3 cells to the right of the reference, you can apply this formula =INDEX(F1:H8,MATCH(K1,F1:F8,0)+1,3).
Return a value if a given value exists in a certain range by using a formula. Please apply the following formula to return a value if a given value exists in a certain range in Excel. 1. Select a blank cell, enter formula =VLOOKUP(E2,A2:C8,3, TRUE) into the Formula Bar and then press the Enter key.
To solve this problem in Excel, usually I would just type in the literal row number of the cell above, e.g., if I'm typing in Cell A7
, I would use the formula =A6
. Then if I copied that formula to other cells, they would also use the row of the previous cell.
Another option is to use Indirect()
, which resolves the literal statement inside to be a formula. You could use something like:
=INDIRECT("A" & ROW() - 1)
The above formula will resolve to the value of the cell in column A
and the row that is one less than that of the cell which contains the formula.
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