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I created a drop down list with text. When I do a formula for another cell I
would like the text to represent a number. Help Help
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You should find your answer he
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Default Drop Down List were Text = numeric values for formulas

Simple example.

=LOOKUP(B1,{"A","B","C","D"},{1,2,3,4})


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