excel calc define range of cells

Question

I need a range definition shared by different cell formulas

I have an array of values:

starting with row 4:

v11;v12;v13;v14 ....
v21;v22;v23;v24 ....
v31;v32;v33;v34 ....

What I want to do is to define range of cells R4C1:R10C7 And use it in two different formulas. For example in row 1 i could put

A;           B               ; C
R4C1:R10C7;  MIN(ADDRESS(A1)); MAX(ADDRESS(A1)); 

Now if I change range definition in A1 both min and max should update automaticly. The problem is that ADDRESS returns reference to only a single cell. Is there a method to return range of cells? Preferably working both in ms and libra office, wihtout python or

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Works perfectly:

A;           B               ; C
A4:G10;  MIN(INDIRECT(A1)); MAX(INDIRECT(A1)); 

And for polish it is =MAKS(ADR.POŚR(A1))

Answer 1

You need INDIRECT rather than ADDRESS:

=MIN(INDIRECT(A1))

Answer 2

use

INDIRECT(ADDRESS(A1))

and you should be ok