Class Indirect

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    FreeRefFunction

    public final class Indirect
    extends java.lang.Object
    implements FreeRefFunction
    Implementation for Excel function INDIRECT

    INDIRECT() returns the cell or area reference denoted by the text argument.

    Syntax:
    INDIRECT(ref_text,isA1Style)

    ref_text a string representation of the desired reference as it would normally be written in a cell formula.
    isA1Style (default TRUE) specifies whether the ref_text should be interpreted as A1-style or R1C1-style.

    • Method Detail

      • evaluate

        public ValueEval evaluate​(ValueEval[] args,
                                  OperationEvaluationContext ec)
        Specified by:
        evaluate in interface FreeRefFunction
        Parameters:
        args - the pre-evaluated arguments for this function. args is never null, nor are any of its elements.
        ec - primarily used to identify the source cell containing the formula being evaluated. may also be used to dynamically create reference evals.
        Returns:
        never null. Possibly an instance of ErrorEval in the case of a specified Excel error (Exceptions are never thrown to represent Excel errors).