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BiggyTwo
 
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Hi All,

I have a small spreadsheet, where A1 to E1 are headings, with columns
like this:

A B C D E
1 DATE Lime/g Alum/g Chlorine/g Carbon/g
2 5/19 200 360 135 600
4 .................................................. .......
5 .................................................. .......
6 9/19 230 300 225 450

Can I link the value in cell A2 to D2? (ie if A2 is chosen how can I
select D2, another cell in the same row, for use in a calculation.)

If anybody understands what I am trying to say I will be happy for
suggestions. (Otherwise just ignore, lest I confuse more than I am.)

Many thanks in advance.

Biggy Two

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Miguel Zapico
 
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I suppose that you try to extract the value on column D based on the values
on column A. You can use VLOOKUP, for example:
=VLOOKUP("5/19",$A$2:$E$6,4,FALSE)
Instead of "5/19" you can use a cell reference, where you have a value to
search, and you can expand the range A2:E6 to match your particular case.
The formula will return the value on column D for the matching value on
column A.

Was this what you were asking?
Miguel.

"BiggyTwo" wrote:

Hi All,

I have a small spreadsheet, where A1 to E1 are headings, with columns
like this:

A B C D E
1 DATE Lime/g Alum/g Chlorine/g Carbon/g
2 5/19 200 360 135 600
4 .................................................. .......
5 .................................................. .......
6 9/19 230 300 225 450

Can I link the value in cell A2 to D2? (ie if A2 is chosen how can I
select D2, another cell in the same row, for use in a calculation.)

If anybody understands what I am trying to say I will be happy for
suggestions. (Otherwise just ignore, lest I confuse more than I am.)

Many thanks in advance.

Biggy Two


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