I have a list of employees and cost codes. I'm wondering how I get a excel to
insert a code from a list of code if another cell equals a certain employee.

Roy,

Without knowing your data layout a precise answer is diffcult but almost
certainly what you want is Vlookup something like this:-

=VLOOKUP(E1,A1:B20,2,FALSE)

Whe- E1 is the employee in question

A1 - B20 is a list of employees (Col A) and cost codes (Col B)

Mike

"Roy" wrote:

I have a list of employees and cost codes. I'm wondering how I get a excel to
insert a code from a list of code if another cell equals a certain employee.

See VLOOKUP() in Excel Help.
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Gary''s Student - gsnu200902


"Roy" wrote:

I have a list of employees and cost codes. I'm wondering how I get a excel to
insert a code from a list of code if another cell equals a certain employee.

Suppose you had the list of employees in sheet1 column A in rows 1 to 20, and
their codes in sheet1 column B, rows 1 to 20.

If in Sheet 2, you had an employee name in A1 then the following formula in
B1 would return their code:

=VLOOKUP(A1,Sheet1!A1:B20,2,false)

Is that what you mean?

Sam

"Roy" wrote:

I have a list of employees and cost codes. I'm wondering how I get a excel to
insert a code from a list of code if another cell equals a certain employee.

Use VLOOKUP (). VLOOKUP stands for vertical lookup and search for a value in
the first column of a table array and returns a value in the same row from
another column in the table array. Try the below formulas with a similar data
and try changing the name in Cell C2

C2 = employee name
In D2 try the below formula
=VLOOKUP($C$2,$A$2:$B$10,2,FALSE)

ColA ColB ColC ColD
Employee CostCode QueryNameAnswer
Adam 32 Marie =formula
Marie 24
Francis 33
Joel 34
Susan 26
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Jacob Skaria


"Roy" wrote:

I have a list of employees and cost codes. I'm wondering how I get a excel to
insert a code from a list of code if another cell equals a certain employee.

You would normally use VLOOKUP for this. Suppose your list of
Employees and codes is in Sheet1, columns A and B, and in Sheet2 A2
you enter an employee name, Then you can put this formula in B2 of
Sheet2:

=VLOOKUP(A2,Sheet1!A:B,2,0)

Hope this helps.

Pete

On Sep 8, 2:07*pm, Roy wrote:
I have a list of employees and cost codes. I'm wondering how I get a excel to
insert *a code from a list of code if another cell equals a certain employee.

Roy,

The consensus seems to be VLOOKUP...


"Pete_UK" wrote:

You would normally use VLOOKUP for this. Suppose your list of
Employees and codes is in Sheet1, columns A and B, and in Sheet2 A2
you enter an employee name, Then you can put this formula in B2 of
Sheet2:

=VLOOKUP(A2,Sheet1!A:B,2,0)

Hope this helps.

Pete

On Sep 8, 2:07 pm, Roy wrote:
I have a list of employees and cost codes. I'm wondering how I get a excel to
insert a code from a list of code if another cell equals a certain employee.

Until the OP tells us the columns of data are the opposite way around to that
which we have all assumed and it becomes a left lookup :)

Mike

"Sam Wilson" wrote:

Roy,

The consensus seems to be VLOOKUP...


"Pete_UK" wrote:

You would normally use VLOOKUP for this. Suppose your list of
Employees and codes is in Sheet1, columns A and B, and in Sheet2 A2
you enter an employee name, Then you can put this formula in B2 of
Sheet2:

=VLOOKUP(A2,Sheet1!A:B,2,0)

Hope this helps.

Pete

On Sep 8, 2:07 pm, Roy wrote:
I have a list of employees and cost codes. I'm wondering how I get a excel to
insert a code from a list of code if another cell equals a certain employee.