Try VLOOKUP, it will allow text look-ups. If you have trouble entering cell
references, then use the INDEX function instead.
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Gary's Student


"Drew" wrote:

I am trying to expand my if formula to go through 26 option. however i need
it to return cells not numbers ie =if(a1="a through z",here i need 26
coresponding cells.
I tried "lookup" but it will not let me put cells in the result vector.
should i be using a different formula?