=CHOOSE(CODE(A1)-96,B1,B2,B3,B4, ... etc ..)

Change the 96 to 64 if you use upper case characters

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"Drew" wrote in message
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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?