Please help me identify error in Indirect formula
If I type in a cell "=name_range_2" I get the data in name_range_2
If I type in a cell "=+name_range_1" I get the data in name_range_1
If I type in a cell "=name_range1+name_range_2
If I type in a cell "=indirect(A5)" and in A5 I type in "=name_range_1" I get the data in name_range_1
BUT
If I type in a cell "=indirect(A5)" and in A5 I type in "=+name_range_1" I get a #REF! (just added a "+" at the start, as worked above
AND
If I type in a cell "=indirect(A5)" and in A5 I type in "=name_range_1+name_range2
Why does adding a "+" symbol mess up the indirect formula?
How can I fix this so I can add two or more ranges via the indirect method
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...assuming each of the name range names are in cells A5 and A5. If both are in A5 separated by a +, use this...
=INDIRECT(LEFT(A5, FIND("+", A5)-1))+INDIRECT(MID(A5, FIND("+", A5)+1, 999))
The reason why you can not use a single INDIRECT function is there are no circumstances where a + symbol would represent a range. INDIRECT does not evaluate an expression, but merely takes a string and converts it to its Range equivalent.