Thread: [Solved] Can I use vlookup to choose what forumula to use in a cell?
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Old 11-02-2015, 12:41 PM
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Originally Posted by djrobst View Post
basically need to lookup a text value cell which features at the end of my data and then return a formula from another sheet to go in the box that is completing the lookup.

so i have a sheet with column A having the name of the dataset, then row B, C, D etc would be the formulas I want the lookup to return when column A is matched.
If your formula is stored as a string minus the leading '=', rather than as an actual formula, you could convert it to an actual formula via your VLOOKUP using the INDIRECT function.
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