Searching Names

Here is the problem that I am having. I have 50 employees and I have three columns with 'employee #', 'Last Name', and 'First Name'.

A B C
Emp# Last First
1 Smith John
2 Doe Jane
. . .
. . .
. . .

I want to set up a formula so that when I input the number "1" on cell D1, "Smith" will populate E1, and "John" will populate F1. And if I were to input "2" in cell D1, "Doe" will populate E1, and "Jane" will populate F1. Thank you very much.

#N/A is what I am getting. I am not sure why.

Nevermind the last message. I got it now. Thank you so very much.

In E1 enter =VLOOKUP(D1,A2:C10,2,0)
In F1 enter =VLOOKUP(D1,A2:C10,3,0)

HTH
Regards,
Howard

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> Here is the problem that I am having. I have 50 employees and I have
> three columns with 'employee #', 'Last Name', and 'First Name'.
>
> A B C
> Emp# Last First
> 1 Smith John
> 2 Doe Jane
> . . .
> . . .
> . . .
>
> I want to set up a formula so that when I input the number "1" on cell
> D1, "Smith" will populate E1, and "John" will populate F1. And if I
> were to input "2" in cell D1, "Doe" will populate E1, and "Jane" will
> populate F1. Thank you very much.
>
>
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>#N/A is what I am getting. I am not sure why.

Make sure the lookup number, 1, 2, 3 etc in column A is really a number.
Check for leading or trailing spaces. If the numbers are to the left in the
cell in column A, they are text and the number in D1 is a real number which
will return #N/A.

HTH
Regards,
Howard

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> Here is the problem that I am having. I have 50 employees and I have
> three columns with 'employee #', 'Last Name', and 'First Name'.
>
> A B C
> Emp# Last First
> 1 Smith John
> 2 Doe Jane
> . . .
> . . .
> . . .
>
> I want to set up a formula so that when I input the number "1" on cell
> D1, "Smith" will populate E1, and "John" will populate F1. And if I
> were to input "2" in cell D1, "Doe" will populate E1, and "Jane" will
> populate F1. Thank you very much.
>
>
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