Can you run formulas from different sheets? (not simply showing the formula as a string/static text)
Say I type
=Sheet1!A1
where in that cell I have a formula
=concatenate(ice&cream)
Here's what I want to see as a result
icecream
But instead of this, I get the same =concatenate(ice&cream) function as a text string.
In my particular case the concatenate function creates an IMPORTXML formula from these 3 columns:
Column 1 (B5):
IMPORTXML(url,"//*/div[2]/div[1]/div/div/div[
Column 2 (C5):
1
Column 3 (D5):
]/div/div/div[1]/h4/a/@href")
Column 4 (E5):
=CONCATENATE("=", B5, C5, D5)
And returns as a result:
=IMPORTXML(url,"//*/div[2]/div[1]/div/div/div[ 1 ]/div/div/div[1]/h4/a/@href")
which extracts a piece of data from http://website.com. I need the IMPORTXML formula to run and give me the piece of data, not return the same formula as static text.
NOTE: I use Google Sheets so the simpler the answer the better (i.e. no macros or other tools if possible) Thank you
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