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Hi!

You can use Indirect provided it's a static named range.
If it's a dynamic range it won't work.

Assume the dropdown is in C1:

=VLOOKUP(A1,INDIRECT(C1),2,0)

Biff

-----Original Message-----

I apologize if this has already been addressed somewhere

else, but I
could not find it....

I have a timesheet that I'm creating that relies heavily

on data
validation driving drop-down lists. I've created ranges

for all the
possible results of the drop-down choices, however, when

I want to
query additional information in a named range through

VLOOKUP, I cannot
use the result of the drop-down choice as the valid

range. Despite the
cell displaying the range name it cannot pass this to

VLOOKUP without
giving me an error.

Does anyone know how I can take the displayed result in a

drop down box
and use this to fuel the table array for a VLOOKUP...in a

worksheet
function !?!

Willy D.


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