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Bob Phillips
 
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Default How do I tie prices to a drop down list of products in excel?

Assuming that the prices are precede by the product in the form of a lookup
table, you can use VLOOKUP

=VLOOKUP(A1,$M$1:$N$20,2,False)

where A1 is the DV cell, M1:N20 is the lookup table

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How do I tie prices to a drop down list of products in excel? I have a

column
of products that I turned into a drop down box and I have a column of

prices
that I want to fill in when I select an item from the drop down list.