Indirect reference and worksheets with single quote in the name

[ted_thompson61]

I can't seem to use the indirect function to lookup data in another sheet if
the sheet name contains a single quote.

Sheet1 - I have in cell A1: Sheet2!A1
In cell A2 I have: =INDIRECT(A1)

If I change the name of Sheet2 to Int'l and change the contents of A1 to
Int'l!A1

then it no longer works.

What can you do when the sheet name has a single quote? I am going to be
referencing data from a web site and I want the names of the sheets to be
able to be referenced just by the name of the data. I have no control over
this data and so it will have the ' in it.

[Dave Peterson]

Try this in A1:

''Int''l'!A1

Maybe a good reason to avoid apostrophes in the worksheet names!


ted_thompson61 wrote:
>
> I can't seem to use the indirect function to lookup data in another sheet if
> the sheet name contains a single quote.
>
> Sheet1 - I have in cell A1: Sheet2!A1
> In cell A2 I have: =INDIRECT(A1)
>
> If I change the name of Sheet2 to Int'l and change the contents of A1 to
> Int'l!A1
>
> then it no longer works.
>
> What can you do when the sheet name has a single quote? I am going to be
> referencing data from a web site and I want the names of the sheets to be
> able to be referenced just by the name of the data. I have no control over
> this data and so it will have the ' in it.

--

Dave Peterson

[ted_thompson61]

That did not seem to work. Did you get that to work?

And yes, if it were up to me, I would not use the ' in a sheet name. I want
to have a link to a table in a web site so I can automatically update my
data. The name they are using has Int'l in the name. I need to look-up
information on my worksheet for the Name Int'l

I suppose I could go another level and have an indirect reference to a sheet
after a table look-up on the name

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

> Try this in A1:
>
> ''Int''l'!A1
>
> Maybe a good reason to avoid apostrophes in the worksheet names!
>
>
> ted_thompson61 wrote:
> >
> > I can't seem to use the indirect function to lookup data in another sheet if
> > the sheet name contains a single quote.
> >
> > Sheet1 - I have in cell A1: Sheet2!A1
> > In cell A2 I have: =INDIRECT(A1)
> >
> > If I change the name of Sheet2 to Int'l and change the contents of A1 to
> > Int'l!A1
> >
> > then it no longer works.
> >
> > What can you do when the sheet name has a single quote? I am going to be
> > referencing data from a web site and I want the names of the sheets to be
> > able to be referenced just by the name of the data. I have no control over
> > this data and so it will have the ' in it.
>
> --
>
> Dave Peterson
>

[Dave Peterson]

How about putting this in A1:

="'int''l'!a1"
(that worked, too.)

That first apostrophe is used by excel to force it to treat the value as text.

If you look at the value in the cell--not in the formula bar, then you should
only see one apostrophe at the far left.

ted_thompson61 wrote:
>
> That did not seem to work. Did you get that to work?
>
> And yes, if it were up to me, I would not use the ' in a sheet name. I want
> to have a link to a table in a web site so I can automatically update my
> data. The name they are using has Int'l in the name. I need to look-up
> information on my worksheet for the Name Int'l
>
> I suppose I could go another level and have an indirect reference to a sheet
> after a table look-up on the name
>
> "Dave Peterson" wrote:
>
> > Try this in A1:
> >
> > ''Int''l'!A1
> >
> > Maybe a good reason to avoid apostrophes in the worksheet names!
> >
> >
> > ted_thompson61 wrote:
> > >
> > > I can't seem to use the indirect function to lookup data in another sheet if
> > > the sheet name contains a single quote.
> > >
> > > Sheet1 - I have in cell A1: Sheet2!A1
> > > In cell A2 I have: =INDIRECT(A1)
> > >
> > > If I change the name of Sheet2 to Int'l and change the contents of A1 to
> > > Int'l!A1
> > >
> > > then it no longer works.
> > >
> > > What can you do when the sheet name has a single quote? I am going to be
> > > referencing data from a web site and I want the names of the sheets to be
> > > able to be referenced just by the name of the data. I have no control over
> > > this data and so it will have the ' in it.
> >
> > --
> >
> > Dave Peterson
> >

--

Dave Peterson

[ted_thompson61]

Yes, I finally got it to work by putting 2 single quotes where it looked like
there was a double quote and that worked, BUT

If I have the following text in cell A1:ABC Int'l

How can I build a string that will reference the sheet named ABC Int'l?

(This is the lone troublesome case that I have, all the rest of the sheets
have one or two names and no special characters that cause problems.)

I can get it to work like you said by building the string manually in a cell
and using '' where the ' is in Int'l, but can't seem to do it automatically
from a cell containing the sheet name.

Thanks for all the good help!

--Ted



"Dave Peterson" wrote:

> How about putting this in A1:
>
> ="'int''l'!a1"
> (that worked, too.)
>
> That first apostrophe is used by excel to force it to treat the value as text.
>
> If you look at the value in the cell--not in the formula bar, then you should
> only see one apostrophe at the far left.
>
> ted_thompson61 wrote:
> >
> > That did not seem to work. Did you get that to work?
> >
> > And yes, if it were up to me, I would not use the ' in a sheet name. I want
> > to have a link to a table in a web site so I can automatically update my
> > data. The name they are using has Int'l in the name. I need to look-up
> > information on my worksheet for the Name Int'l
> >
> > I suppose I could go another level and have an indirect reference to a sheet
> > after a table look-up on the name
> >
> > "Dave Peterson" wrote:
> >
> > > Try this in A1:
> > >
> > > ''Int''l'!A1
> > >
> > > Maybe a good reason to avoid apostrophes in the worksheet names!
> > >
> > >
> > > ted_thompson61 wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I can't seem to use the indirect function to lookup data in another sheet if
> > > > the sheet name contains a single quote.
> > > >
> > > > Sheet1 - I have in cell A1: Sheet2!A1
> > > > In cell A2 I have: =INDIRECT(A1)
> > > >
> > > > If I change the name of Sheet2 to Int'l and change the contents of A1 to
> > > > Int'l!A1
> > > >
> > > > then it no longer works.
> > > >
> > > > What can you do when the sheet name has a single quote? I am going to be
> > > > referencing data from a web site and I want the names of the sheets to be
> > > > able to be referenced just by the name of the data. I have no control over
> > > > this data and so it will have the ' in it.
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Dave Peterson
> > >
>
> --
>
> Dave Peterson
>

[ted_thompson61]

Just to be clear the final result should be something like this.

A1:ABC Int'l

A2:=INDIRECT(A1&"!B2")

Something like this should look up the value in cell B2 on Sheet ABC Int'l.

The formula should also work for other names in cell A1 like: ABC or ABC 123.





"ted_thompson61" wrote:

> Yes, I finally got it to work by putting 2 single quotes where it looked like
> there was a double quote and that worked, BUT
>
> If I have the following text in cell A1:ABC Int'l
>
> How can I build a string that will reference the sheet named ABC Int'l?
>
> (This is the lone troublesome case that I have, all the rest of the sheets
> have one or two names and no special characters that cause problems.)
>
> I can get it to work like you said by building the string manually in a cell
> and using '' where the ' is in Int'l, but can't seem to do it automatically
> from a cell containing the sheet name.
>
> Thanks for all the good help!
>
> --Ted
>
>
>
> "Dave Peterson" wrote:
>
> > How about putting this in A1:
> >
> > ="'int''l'!a1"
> > (that worked, too.)
> >
> > That first apostrophe is used by excel to force it to treat the value as text.
> >
> > If you look at the value in the cell--not in the formula bar, then you should
> > only see one apostrophe at the far left.
> >
> > ted_thompson61 wrote:
> > >
> > > That did not seem to work. Did you get that to work?
> > >
> > > And yes, if it were up to me, I would not use the ' in a sheet name. I want
> > > to have a link to a table in a web site so I can automatically update my
> > > data. The name they are using has Int'l in the name. I need to look-up
> > > information on my worksheet for the Name Int'l
> > >
> > > I suppose I could go another level and have an indirect reference to a sheet
> > > after a table look-up on the name
> > >
> > > "Dave Peterson" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Try this in A1:
> > > >
> > > > ''Int''l'!A1
> > > >
> > > > Maybe a good reason to avoid apostrophes in the worksheet names!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ted_thompson61 wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > I can't seem to use the indirect function to lookup data in another sheet if
> > > > > the sheet name contains a single quote.
> > > > >
> > > > > Sheet1 - I have in cell A1: Sheet2!A1
> > > > > In cell A2 I have: =INDIRECT(A1)
> > > > >
> > > > > If I change the name of Sheet2 to Int'l and change the contents of A1 to
> > > > > Int'l!A1
> > > > >
> > > > > then it no longer works.
> > > > >
> > > > > What can you do when the sheet name has a single quote? I am going to be
> > > > > referencing data from a web site and I want the names of the sheets to be
> > > > > able to be referenced just by the name of the data. I have no control over
> > > > > this data and so it will have the ' in it.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > >
> > > > Dave Peterson
> > > >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Dave Peterson
> >