How to keep one variable constant with other one changing with row in excel

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Lets say I have one cell A1  which I want to keep constant in a calculation  For example  I want to calculate a value like this     B1 4   A1    How do I make it so that if I drag that cell to make a calculation across cells in many rows  only the B1 value changes  while A1 always references that cell  instead of going to A2  A3  etc

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There are two kinds of cell reference  and it s really valuable to understand them well   One is relative reference  which is what you get when you just type the cell  A5   This reference will be adjusted when you paste or fill the formula into other cells     The other is absolute reference  and you get this by adding dollar signs to the cell reference   A 5   This cell reference will not change when pasted or filled   A cool but rarely used feature is that row and column within a single cell reference may be independent   A5 and A 5   This comes in handy for producing things like multiplication tables from a single formula

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You put it as   B0 4    A 0   You can also go across WorkSheets with Sheet1  a 0

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To make your formula more readable  you could assign a Name to cell A0  and then use that name in the formula   The easiest way to define a Name is to highlight the cell or range  then click on the Name box in the formula bar   Then  if you named A0  Rate  you can use that name like this     B0 4   Rate    See  much easier to read    If you want to find Rate  click F5 and it appears in the GoTo list

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For future visitors - use this for range    A 1  A 10    Example  COUNTIF  G 6  G 9 J6  gt 0

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Yeah  Just put the   sign in front of your desired constant cell   Like  A6 if you wish to just change the number 6 serially and keep a constant  or  A 6 if you do not want anything from that reference to change at all   Example  Cell A5 contains my exchange rate  In B1 you put say     C1    A 1   when you fill B1 through B        the value in A5 remains constant and the value in C1 increases serially   I am by far not be good at teacher  but I hope this helps     Wink wink

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Placing a   in front of the row value to keep constant worked well for me  e g    b2 a 1

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B0 4    A 0      means keep same  press a few times F4 after typing A4 to flip through combos quick

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Use this form     B0 4   A 0   The   tells excel not to adjust that address while pasting the formula into new cells   Since you are dragging across rows  you really only need to freeze the row part     B0 4  A 0     Keyboard Shortcuts  Commenters helpfully pointed out that you can toggle relative addressing for a formula in the currently selected cells with these keyboard shortcuts    Windows  f4 Mac  CommandT

[excel] How to keep one variable constant with other one changing with row in excel

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