Hi,

I have different numbered catalogs. I also have a spreadsheet showing
the item price on the particular catalogs.

120 143 150 160

item 1 $20 $30 $35 $34
item 2 $30 $40 $40 $35
item 3 $40 $50 $45 $39


I get catalogs every month where I have to do a vlookup to check that
the prices on the catalog match the one's on the spreadsheet above.
When I do the vlookup function, I would like to identify the catalogs
by their name (number) and not by the column index number when I input
the col_index_num of the vlookup function.

I want the col_index_num to indicate that if the Catalog is #120, then
the information to bring back is from column 2 (column with prices for
catalog #120.

Maybe I should use an IF function? if catalog is 120, then
col_index_num is 2? if catalog is 143then col_index_num is 3?...but how
do I write that in excel?

Please help,

Thanks,

Mike