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Default IF Then using a column of text and assigning a number to text

Thanks Gord

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

On a separate sheet enter a column of words.

In an adjacent column enter a column of corresponding numbers.

On original sheet use VLOOKUP formula with the table range being sheet2
table.

=VLOOKUP(A1,Sheet2!$A$1:$B$40,2,FALSE)

Copy down 200 rows.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP


On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:25:02 -0700, Dan
wrote:

I have a column containing text. In that column (200 rows worth) there are
40 different words. I need to know how to do the correct formula to find all
the words that match and then place the number assigned to that word in the
column and row next to that word. i.e. my column contains oranges, apples,
etc orange=1, apples =2, etc. I need to have Excel go through the list and
asssign 1 to oranges 2 to apples, etc.



 
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