Clarification:

If you have many items then you would just list them in a range of cells
and refer to that range as the source of the list: A1:A3

If your list source is a range of cells refer to it like this:

=A1:A3


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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"T. Valko" wrote in message
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how to create a drop down list in Excel.

It's really easy.

Select the cell where you want the drop down.
Goto the menu DataValidation
Allow: List
Source:

Depending on how many items you will need in the list, there are 2 ways to
populate the list. Since you had only 3 items you can type them directly
in Source box separated by a comma: Excellent,Very Good,Good. If you have
many items then you would just list them in a range of cells and refer to
that range as the source of the list: A1:A3

Make sure In cell drop down is selected.
OK

Done!


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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Alex" wrote in message
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For T.Valko

I've just seen your solution of the problem and I'm going to try it as
soon
as possible. The biggest problem is that I have experience with sql and
php
but I'm
rather new in Excel and, to be honest, don't know how to create a drop
down
list in Excel. I know that something like drop down list is automatically
created when filtering data...

"T. Valko" wrote:

Here's another one.

Assume your data is in the range A2:B5.

Try this array formula** :

=IF(ROWS($1:1)<=COUNTIF(B$2:B$5,"excellent"),INDEX (A$2:A$5,SMALL(IF(B$2:B$5="excellent",ROW(B$2:B$5)-MIN(ROW(B$2:B$5))+1),ROWS($1:1))),"")

Copy down until you get blanks.

You can make this more dynamic (like having a dynamic filter) by doing
this:

Create a drop down list in a cell of the different scores. Say this drop
down list in cell D2. In cell E2 enter a formula that counts how many of
the
selected scores are present:

=COUNTIF(B2:B5,D2)

Then you can refer to those cells in the formula instead of having those
processes written directly into the formula. This makes the formula a
little
bit shorter, more efficient and more dynamic (still an array formula**):

=IF(ROWS($1:1)<=E$2,INDEX(A$2:A$5,SMALL(IF(B$2:B$5 =D$2,ROW(B$2:B$5)-MIN(ROW(B$2:B$5))+1),ROWS($1:1))),"")

Here's a small sample file that demonstrates this:

http://cjoint.com/?hrx56jnYdZ

** array formulas need to be entered using the key combination of
CTRL,SHIFT,ENTER (not just ENTER)

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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Alex" wrote in message
...
I've tried several functions alone and combined with the next problem,
but
nothing work correctly.
Suppose I have two columns A i B - first with the personal names and
second
with some score written in text: excellent, very good, good. I want to
find
oll "excellent" in B column and write down all personal names in
corresponding A column cells.
For example:
A B
Tom excellent
Beky good
Mike excellent
Jerry very good

I want too lookup for ALL excellent in B column and write down (list)
in
another column (for instnance column F) all personal names with score
"excellent" - in this particular example:
F
Tom
Mike

It's very important to me and I'm searching through Excell Help for
days
and
can't find the solution....

Thanks