Populating cells through a word

[pykywannabe]

I am trying to create a wage calculator for my father. all i want him to have to do is input a word into the sheet which will calculate the hours of that shift multiplied by the hourly rate. For example 'AD' would equal '8.82*12'. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[TMS]

Hello, and welcome to the forum..

Please take a moment to read the forum rules and change your thread title.

You probably need to set up a small table on a reference sheet listing each of the shifts, the hours and the rates. You can then use VLOOKUP to locate the shift code and return the hours and rate and multiply them together.

For example:

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Where Shifts: is defined as:

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Regards, TMS

[pykywannabe]

I have attached the sheet so you could possibly show me an example or two and i can then populate the rest? Also I was wondering how to populate the other rows.

Test rosta.xlsx

[zbor]

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[pykywannabe]

Woah, calm your farm I've done it.

[TMS]

Woah, calm your farm I've done it.

Well, I did warn you Just be careful displaying what could, to some, be seen as "bad attitude". The Moderators have a tough job trying to make sure that the forum is a useful resource for everyone. And, one of the things that make it useful is to have meaningful/searchable thread titles.

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[TMS]

Example updated

[pykywannabe]

Amazing, thank you TMS. Really appreciated, I've added reputation.

[TMS]

You're welcome. Thanks for the rep. Thanks for the kind words.



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