Circular references
Find a formula that depends on its own cell, directly or through other cells, and fix it so it can finish.
In this lesson
- A circular reference is a formula that depends on its own cell, directly or through other cells.
- The cell can't be finished, so the spreadsheet warns you or shows an error, not a total.
- Fix it by changing one formula so it no longer needs its own answer, often a range that runs one row too far.
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Delete repeated rows from a merged list, and choose which columns decide what counts as a duplicate.
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