that works great.....I thank you very much.


"RagDyer" wrote in message
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Say that A1 to A20 contains your text, and B1 to B20 contains your
numbers.

Say that the *other* column of text is in F1 to F100.

Enter this formula in G1:

=VLOOKUP(F1,$A$1:$B$20,2,0)

And drag down to copy.
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HTH,

RD
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"Pat DeStasio" wrote in message
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I don't see how VLOOKUP will work. The two text columns have to match to
return the value in the cell next to the matched text.

"Pat DeStasio" wrote in message
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I'm just not getting it. I'll keep trying. Thanks

"RagDyer" wrote in message
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You could use the Vlookup function.

Check out this web page of Debra Dalgleish which has all the
information
you'll need to set this up.

http://www.contextures.com/xlFunctions02.html
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HTH,

RD
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"Pat DeStasio" wrote in message
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I have 3 rows if information, 1 row of text with adjacent numbers
values.
I
want to compare another row of text and where it matches return the
adjacent
number. any ideas?