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    ozcourtjester
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    Referencing XY Grid Coordinates

    I am trying to build a grid based off XY coordinates in a spreadsheet format
    and trying to prevent entering the data in manually. Basically I have a
    spreadsheet with names and the respective XY coordinate.
    Ex:
    A B C
    Name X Y
    1|Wolf 22 6
    2|Bear 12 2
    3|Eagle 16 3

    In another worksheet, I have a grid and I would like to reference the
    spreadsheet so that at junction X22:Y6 in the grid worksheet, "Wolf" is
    populated.
    I think I can get to the point of using an array formula so that it looks up
    the X and Y values in columns B and C, but reaching a roadblock when it comes
    to outputting the respective "name" of those coordinates.
    Any ideas or suggestions? I am out of ideas at this point.
    Appreciate the help.

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    David McRitchie
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    Re: Referencing XY Grid Coordinates

    You can't push a value to another cell.

    You need to write a macro to use CELLS function in a macro with
    Column C as the row offset, and column B as the column offset.
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    "ozcourtjester" <ozcourtjester@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
    news:72E37409-E3DA-4C24-8FA8-DDF84EC67D32@microsoft.com...
    > I am trying to build a grid based off XY coordinates in a spreadsheet format
    > and trying to prevent entering the data in manually. Basically I have a
    > spreadsheet with names and the respective XY coordinate.
    > Ex:
    > A B C
    > Name X Y
    > 1|Wolf 22 6
    > 2|Bear 12 2
    > 3|Eagle 16 3
    >
    > In another worksheet, I have a grid and I would like to reference the
    > spreadsheet so that at junction X22:Y6 in the grid worksheet, "Wolf" is
    > populated.
    > I think I can get to the point of using an array formula so that it looks up
    > the X and Y values in columns B and C, but reaching a roadblock when it comes
    > to outputting the respective "name" of those coordinates.
    > Any ideas or suggestions? I am out of ideas at this point.
    > Appreciate the help.




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