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I would like to use the ARRAYFORMULA combined with two cells as range. For example:

Cell A1 value: A3
Cell A2 value: B7

Resulting formula: ARRAYFORMULA(A3:B7)

Is it possible? How can I do?

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It's possible with 

=arrayformula(indirect(A1 & ":" & A2))

Indeed, the string concatenation A1 & ":" & A2 produces the string "A3:B7", and indirect picks up the corresponding range.

Actually, =indirect(A1 & ":" & A2) is already enough to return an array of values, but arrayformula may be needed if you are going to do some computation with those values.

If the addresses in A1 and A2 refer to another sheet, only the first of them should have the sheet name: i.e., put Sheet2!A3 in A1 and simply B7 in A2. This is because stating sheet name twice is redundant, and indirect won't like that.

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  • Thanks for the answer. It works with data in the same sheet, but what about using data in another sheet (in the same spreadsheet). For example, data and the cells with the ranges in sheet1 and using the arrayformula in sheet2. I tried it but it returns nothing. Something like =arrayformula(indirect(sheet1!A3 & ":" & sheet1!B7))
    – Rods
    Dec 29, 2017 at 12:32
  • @Rods Follow-up questions should be posted as new questions.
    – Rubén ♦
    Dec 29, 2017 at 15:51
  • @Rods It works, see my edit
    – user135384
    Dec 29, 2017 at 16:38

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