On Mon, 25 Jun 2007 05:14:00 -0700, Rajula
wrote:

I have to incorporate this in a IF statement or whatever is simple. Does
anybody have a simple solution for this?

Cell A1 can have 5 values A,B,C,D or E
Cell B2 can have 5 values V, W, X, Y or Z

Value of Cell C1 is dependent on A1 & B1

ie IF A1 = A & B1 = V, then C1 = 1
If A1 = A & B1 = W then C1 = 2
If A1 = A & B1 = X then C1 = 3 & so on.... THere are 26 combinations. What
is a easy way of writing this formula

Kind regards

Here's one way, making use of intersection references.

Set up a table with your values, e.g.:

A B C D E
V 1 6 11 16 21
W 2 7 12 17 22
X 3 8 13 18 23
Y 4 9 14 19 24
Z 5 10 15 20 25


Select the table, and then Insert/Names/Create
Check Top Row and Left Column.

Note that when you do this, Excel will change the "C" to "C_" as "C" is not a
valid Name.

Then use this formula:

=INDIRECT(A1&IF(A1="C","_","")&" "&B2)


--ron