Ok, Kinda new a formuals for Execl 2003 / 2007 I have catalog numbers in column
A B
LNL FNM
BLB TNT
KBA BER
these are cross reference numbers for a fuse company, what formula would you
use that if you choose LNL and it would reference cell "B" FNM,

Hi Old Guy
I would use VLOOKUP, check it out in Excel Help.
Regards
John ( Old Guy too )
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Ok, Kinda new a formuals for Execl 2003 / 2007 I have catalog numbers in
column
A B
LNL FNM
BLB TNT
KBA BER
these are cross reference numbers for a fuse company, what formula would
you
use that if you choose LNL and it would reference cell "B" FNM,

As mentioned by John, vlookup would come in useful

Something like this ..
Assuming the reference table in cols A and B as posted
and you have the lookup values in D1 down, eg: LNL

Place this in E1: =IF(D1="","",VLOOKUP(D1,A:B,2,0))
then copy E1 down as far as required

Always set it for an exact match (ie 4th param = zero or FALSE)
whenever you lookup text
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"Old Guy" wrote:
Ok, Kinda new a formuals for Execl 2003 / 2007 I have catalog numbers in column
A B
LNL FNM
BLB TNT
KBA BER
these are cross reference numbers for a fuse company, what formula would you
use that if you choose LNL and it would reference cell "B" FNM,

try using VLOOKUP function in Excel

assuming C2 is where you place the value "LNL" to find
the relative code "FNM"
place this formula in D2

=VLOOKUP(A2,$A$2:$B$4,2,0)

This will find the match for you. The formula will return #N/A
if no match is found. To ignore #N/A and to show some message
or blank if no match is found, use the IF with VLOOKUP like this :

=IF(ISNA(VLOOKUP(C2,$A$2:$B$4,2,0)),"NOT IN LIST",VLOOKUP(C2,$A$2:$B$4,2,0))

Play with it and you will get the hang of it in no time.

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"Old Guy" wrote:

Ok, Kinda new a formuals for Execl 2003 / 2007 I have catalog numbers in column
A B
LNL FNM
BLB TNT
KBA BER
these are cross reference numbers for a fuse company, what formula would you
use that if you choose LNL and it would reference cell "B" FNM,