Copy/paste this UDF to a general module in your workbook.

Function EvalCell(RefCell As String)
Application.Volatile
EvalCell = Evaluate(RefCell)
End Function

Then with chatsworth in A3 and mission_hills1 in B3

In C3 enter =evalcell(A3&" "&B3)

Use a Data Validation drop-down list in A3 and B3 so's you just click on a
city in A3 and B3

Gord Dibben Excel MVP

"Slumbering Gorilla" wrote:

im made a mileage chart with many values in it. so now when i type

=chatsworth mission_hills1

it gives me the intersection which is the mileage between the two cities.
works perfectly.

BUT, i want to get it so i type the "from" city in one cell, then the "to"
city in another cell then giving me the intersection value in the third cell.
i typed in the formula

=A3 B3

A3 containging the from city and b3 containing the to city. but it doesnt
work. obviously i do not know how to get this formula to work. need help if
there is an answer.