I have a list of approved vendors (vendor numbers) on sheet 2. On sheet 1, I
need Excel to look at A1 to see if that vendor number is in the list of
approved numbers on sheet 2 and return true or false. How can I tell it to
look in the list of approx. 115 vendors to see if the number is approved?

Use COUNTIF():

Assuming the list is in column A on Sheet2:

=IF(COUNTIF(Sheet2!A:A,Sheet1!A1)0,"On the list","Not on the list")

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Gary''s Student - gsnu200811


"charlie" wrote:

I have a list of approved vendors (vendor numbers) on sheet 2. On sheet 1, I
need Excel to look at A1 to see if that vendor number is in the list of
approved numbers on sheet 2 and return true or false. How can I tell it to
look in the list of approx. 115 vendors to see if the number is approved?

See VLOOKUP in the excel help files.

"charlie" wrote:

I have a list of approved vendors (vendor numbers) on sheet 2. On sheet 1, I
need Excel to look at A1 to see if that vendor number is in the list of
approved numbers on sheet 2 and return true or false. How can I tell it to
look in the list of approx. 115 vendors to see if the number is approved?

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! That makes my job SOOOO much easier...

"Gary''s Student" wrote:

Use COUNTIF():

Assuming the list is in column A on Sheet2:

=IF(COUNTIF(Sheet2!A:A,Sheet1!A1)0,"On the list","Not on the list")

--
Gary''s Student - gsnu200811


"charlie" wrote:

I have a list of approved vendors (vendor numbers) on sheet 2. On sheet 1, I
need Excel to look at A1 to see if that vendor number is in the list of
approved numbers on sheet 2 and return true or false. How can I tell it to
look in the list of approx. 115 vendors to see if the number is approved?

Charlie,
Disregard my previous post. I was thinking of a different scenario. Sorry.

"CRS" wrote:

See VLOOKUP in the excel help files.

"charlie" wrote:

I have a list of approved vendors (vendor numbers) on sheet 2. On sheet 1, I
need Excel to look at A1 to see if that vendor number is in the list of
approved numbers on sheet 2 and return true or false. How can I tell it to
look in the list of approx. 115 vendors to see if the number is approved?