Hi

To use with VLOOKUP, I'd create an additional named range, i.e.

- You have some named ranges Name1, Name2, ...
- You create a named range, p.e. LookupRange, which returns one of those,
depending on value in cell SomeSheet!$A$1
- Your lookup formula will be:
=VLOOKUP(lookup_value,LookupRange,col_index_number ,range_lookup)

A bonus is, that whenever you need to change rules for selecting named
ranges, you have to change them once - for LookupRange - instead editing
every formula in workbook.



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"T. Valko" wrote in message
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Not at all!

What I meant was:

If your named ranges are *dynamic ranges* then a different formula will be
needed.

=VLOOKUP(lookup_value,INDIRECT(A1),col_index_numbe r,range_lookup)

Will not work with a dynamic range and therefore a different formula would
be needed.

Biff

"Arvi Laanemets" wrote in message
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Hi


"T. Valko" wrote in message
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NB:

If your named ranges are *dynamic ranges* then a different formula will
be needed. If that's the case this adds that extra step back into the
process and you might as well just stick with a combo box.


Not at all!

An example:
=CHOOSE(MATCH(A1,{Value1;Value2;Value3;...},0),Ran ge1,Range2,Range3,...)



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