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Select player from list and get his position in next column
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I am trying to make excell put a player position next to his name when i select him from a drop down list, I have 30 players and 4 positions, i can do it with the "IF" but it only lets me do one player. Please Help |
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You can use a VLookup formula to return the player position from a list
of players and their positions. There's information on VLookup in Excel's Help, and he http://www.contextures.com/xlFunctions02.html Massivemike wrote: Hi I am trying to make excell put a player position next to his name when i select him from a drop down list, I have 30 players and 4 positions, i can do it with the "IF" but it only lets me do one player. Please Help -- Debra Dalgleish Excel FAQ, Tips & Book List http://www.contextures.com/tiptech.html |
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It sounds like you could build a table on a different worksheet with those 30
player names in column A and each associated position in column B. Then you could use a =vlookup() formula to return the position. Say your name goes in A1, then you could use this in B1: =if(a1="","",vlookup(a1,sheet2!a:b,2,false)) If you want to read more about =vlookup(), visit Debra Dalgleish's site: http://www.contextures.com/xlFunctions02.html You may even want to use data|validation to show the names: http://www.contextures.com/xlDataVal01.html (also from Debra's site) Massivemike wrote: Hi I am trying to make excell put a player position next to his name when i select him from a drop down list, I have 30 players and 4 positions, i can do it with the "IF" but it only lets me do one player. Please Help -- Dave Peterson |
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