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SUMMARYThe "Microsoft Excel Function Reference" describes many functions as returning a reference. These include ABSREF, ACTIVE.CELL, INDIRECT, LAST.ERROR, OFFSET, SELECTION, and TEXTREF. When functions are entered by themselves into a cell, the value of the cell will be the value contained in the reference returned by the function, not the reference itself. This is because the value of a cell must be a number, text, logical value, or error value; a reference is not a "value." MORE INFORMATIONThe "Microsoft Excel Function Reference" documents that reference-returning functions display the value contained in the reference. Although the value is displayed, the reference is still returned. ExampleA good way to see a reference returned by a function is to use the REFTEXT function to convert the reference to a text string.
REFERENCES"Microsoft Excel Function Reference," for Windows, version 3.0, pages xiii, 1, 3, 137, 163, 214, 235. Additional query words: last error
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