Lookup table

[shannoncox]

Hi

I have one spreadsheet saved as a file that is intended to be a look up table. 'Column A' is an index column with cells having the numbers 1 to 250 in ascending order. 'Column B' is a column that contains strings 1 to 250.

I'd like to create ANOTHER spreadsheet so that when I entered a number, 1 to 250, in a cell, it would call up the string adjacent to that number in the lookup table spreadsheet.

Hope this makes sense... Any ideas on how to achieve this?

Shannon

[Bondi]

Hi Shannon,

You can use VLOOKUP()... Something like

=VLOOKUP(CellRefferenceToYourNumber,A1:B250,2)

Regards,
Bondi

[davesexcel]

if sheet 2 is your table
column A is the value to look for
column B is what you want to find

in sheet1
A1 is where you will enter your criteria
B1 you can enter this formula
=IF(ISNA(VLOOKUP(A1,Sheet2!A1:B250,2,FALSE)),"",VLOOKUP(A1,Sheet2!A1:B250,2,FALSE))

you don't have to use these ranges this is just an example of how to do it

[JimMay]

Put this in your Second Workbook sheet, where your number (1 to 250)is
in say in cell A2 - enter into cell B2:

=Vlookup(A2, FirstSheet!$A$2:$B$250, 2,0)
And copy down as far as you need.

HTH

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> Hi
>
> I have one spreadsheet saved as a file that is intended to be a look up
> table. 'Column A' is an index column with cells having the numbers 1 to
> 250 in ascending order. 'Column B' is a column that contains strings 1
> to 250.
>
> I'd like to create ANOTHER spreadsheet so that when I entered a number,
> 1 to 250, in a cell, it would call up the string adjacent to that number
> in the lookup table spreadsheet.
>
> Hope this makes sense... Any ideas on how to achieve this?
>
> Shannon
>
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[shannoncox]

Thanks guys. I'll try it out!