Hi Ardus,
Thanks again. Have tried this, and I get a result, but it is not exactly
what I was wanting. Maybe I did not make my request clear enough.
The matrix layout is as follows - with the abcde and 12345 as they appear in
the columns and with the corresponding values of 1-25 as they are reached by
using the matrix.

1 2 3 4 5
a 11 16 20 23 25
b 7 12 17 21 24
c 4 8 13 18 22
d 2 5 9 14 19
e 1 3 6 10 15
Hope this is clearer this time.

"Ardus Petus" wrote:

Oooops:
My formula takes the ascii code of the letter in A1 (65 for "A"), substracts
65 (result = 0 for "A) , multiplies that by 5 (result = 0 for "A", 5 for
"B", ..., 20 for "E") and finally adds the value found in B1


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Hi Ardus Petus,
Thanks very much for your reply. Tried that and I get a #VALUE error in
C1.
Can you explain what it is that your formula is trying to do and I will
have
another try using my spreadsheet?
Any other suggestions?
Thanks again
Cootha

"Ardus Petus" wrote:

Enter in C1:
=(CODE(A1)-65)*5 + B1

HTH
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Hi everyone out there,
I have a spreadsheet (3 columns) and two of the columns have five
possible
inputs.
"Column A" has the following possibilities - Always (A), Likely (B),
Possible (C), Unlikely (D) and Rare (E).
"Column B" has the following possibilities -Insignificant (1), Minor
(2),
Moderate (3), Major (4) and Catastrophic (5).
I need "Column C" to return a value between 1 and 25 (with each number
corresponding to a particular combination of the input from columns A
and
B).
Have tried the IF formula, and it worked up to 7 values. Is there any
other
way to have up to 25 combinations of outcomes from my two columns, or
some
other formula that is more appropriate?
Thanks in advance for helping out.