Using cell references

Cell references allow you to point to another cell in the spreadsheet and retrieve its value, which will help you avoid much of the manual work you have had to do up to this point. In this exercise, you'll replace hard-coded values with cell references and explore the extra functionality cell references provide.

Throughout this chapter, you'll be working with demographical and geographical data for the top ten most populous countries in the world.

This exercise is part of the course

Introduction to Google Sheets

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Exercise instructions

  • Set B2 to the cell reference, B10.
  • Update the value in B10 to Europe and notice what happens to B2.
  • Change B5 to point to the Continent information for India using a cell reference.

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