Vlookup and Named Table (2000, 2002)

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I would like to create a formula that will use the vlookup to locate a value. Here’s my problem. I would like the user to enter a town in a cell. The name of the town is a named range on another workbook. Normally I would write the formula like this:
=vlookup(A3,’c:testsheet.xls’!townname,2)
I would like the user to enter in cell A1 the town name and have it change the reference in the formula.
I tried to concatinate the formula like this, but got an error. =vlookup(A3,’C:testsheet.xls’! & A1,2)

All help would be appreciated.

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Try:

=vlookup(A3,'C:testsheet.xls!'&A1,2)

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What you need is :
=VLOOKUP(A3,INDIRECT(“testsheet.xls!”&A1),2)

but the disadvantage is that it will only work when testsheet.xls is open.

Glenn.

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