I've made two example sheets to show my problem.

SHEET A
http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/9950/example010xx.jpg

SHEET B
http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/5...ample024ce.jpg

When i choose a number from 1-3 and type it in the red cell, i'd like
the data from the correct table to be linked too the table in Sheet B.
I can't figure out how to make Excel register the number in the red
cell and then compare it to the number on the tables.

Normally i'd use a simple VLookup, but obviousally that only looks at 1
table, i'd like to be able to have as many tables as i can. Any ideas on
how to get the above problem to work?


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Are there only 5 entries in each table (as in the example) you require
or could it be of a variable length, this will make a big difference to
the formula If it is fixed at 5

Something like
=OFFSET(Sheet2!C1,MATCH($A$1,Sheet2!$C$1:$C$20,0)-1,0)
If your data is held in sheet2, the formula can be copied down and
accross for all the values column d, e,f and down 5 rows

Obviously the range c1:c20 would need extending to include other
tables

Regards

Dav


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Change your layout to copy C1 down to C5 et. then on the second sheet in A1
put

=Sheet1!$A$1

In B1 put 1, b2 put 2 etc.

In C1

=INDEX(Sheet1!E$1:E$100,MATCH(1,(Sheet1!$C$1:$C$10 0=$A$1)*(Sheet1!$D$1:$D$10
0=$B1),0))

which is an array formula, it should be committed with Ctrl-Shift-Enter, not
just Enter, and copy down and over to column D

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"PhilK" wrote in
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I've made two example sheets to show my problem.

SHEET A
http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/9950/example010xx.jpg

SHEET B
http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/5...ample024ce.jpg

When i choose a number from 1-3 and type it in the red cell, i'd like
the data from the correct table to be linked too the table in Sheet B.
I can't figure out how to make Excel register the number in the red
cell and then compare it to the number on the tables.

Normally i'd use a simple VLookup, but obviousally that only looks at 1
table, i'd like to be able to have as many tables as i can. Any ideas on
how to get the above problem to work?


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Morning,

Dav: Your forumla works perfectly cheers. Took me a few minutes to get
it working but works just fine. Thanks alot.

Bob: I tried your formula first, just as a challenge to try and
understand it. I didn't actually get it working, but i'm going to keep
going and see if i can get it working. Always good to know different
techniques, so thank you for posting.


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