Why does this not work?

Let's assume F7 = 2009

"Asset"&F7 = "Asset2009". When you concatenate you're creating a *TEXT*
string. Even though you may have a valid named range called Asset2009 these
are not the same thing.

INDIRECT will convert a TEXT representation of a reference into a valid
reference that can be used as function arguments.

=VLOOKUP(G7,INDIRECT("Asset"&F7),1,0)

This will not work if the named range is a dynamic range defined with
functions like OFFSET.

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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"patti" wrote in message
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My function:

=VLOOKUP(G7,"Asset"&F7,1,FALSE)

"Asset"&F7 is a concatenation for a named range. If i type in manually, it
works. Concatenated, it does not.

Why does this not work? Not sure how or if to use indirect or offset.