I would like to create an Excel form in which I can enter a value into a
cell, and that value would be replaced by a different value taken from a
table. For instance, if I type in the value 102 in cell A1, then cell A1
would display the string "Text 3" which would be obtained from column two of
Table 1. Other values for A1 would be substituted similarly with the values
from Column 2, based on the value of Column 1.

Table 1

Column 1 Column 2
100 Text 1
101 Text 2
102 Text 3
103 Text 4
104 Text 5

I have seen the Match and Lookup commands used to do these sorts of things.
However, in the examples that I have seen, the value that is used to look up
the value in column 2 is incorporated into the formula; i.e., it is a fixed
value. Is there a way to use these or other commands to accept the value
entered into the cell as the value to use in the lookup process to return a
different value for the cell?

I am new to this so is this something that is best acheived using VBA, one
of Excel's built in macros, or ?? Finally, is there a good reference article
or book for people that don't do much programming that describes how to do
these sorts of things.

Much thanks!

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Duane