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Add support for INDIRECT

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Description

Description

INDIRECT: Return a reference given a string representation of a reference

Specifically I need this in order to be able to have references to relatively positioned cells without using the current cell reference e.g.

=OFFSET(INDIRECT(ADDRESS(ROW(), COLUMN())),0,-1)

In order to do this, I will also need this issue resolving.

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Research direction

Start with the existing formula implementations and the OpenFormula reference linked in the issue, then review issue 1221 because the requested example depends on it. The work is done when INDIRECT accepts a string reference and the described OFFSET/ADDRESS/ROW/COLUMN usage works as specified.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
backend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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