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Help required - Data - Validation - List - Formula
Debra Dalgleish wrote in message ...
Perhaps you could enter the formula in an adjacent cell, then refer to that cell in the data validation formula box. amit wrote: I am trying to generate "Drop down list" using formula. The path I am using is : Data Validation ---List ----Formula It seems there is limitation on no. of characters, which could be typed in this FORMULA field. Can someone help me in generating the list using someother technic. Thanks in advance for your replies. Debra, Thanks a lot for your reply. I tried that but it doesn't help for list of values. More specifically: I have 12 columns, each containing a list of 100 values (1 value in a cell). Based on the value of a cell, different from the cells mentioned above, in range of 1 to 12 one of the list is to be selected in Drop down list (using Data Validation ---List ----Formula). The above mentioned field at the end of path allows only 8 IF-THEN-ELSE type statements. I tried using Index, Match, address functions etc. but I am not able to get the solution. |
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As I replied at your post in microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions:
It sounds like you could use dependent data validation lists. There are instructions he http://www.contextures.com/xlDataVal02.html amit wrote: Debra Dalgleish wrote in message ... Perhaps you could enter the formula in an adjacent cell, then refer to that cell in the data validation formula box. amit wrote: I am trying to generate "Drop down list" using formula. The path I am using is : Data Validation ---List ----Formula It seems there is limitation on no. of characters, which could be typed in this FORMULA field. Can someone help me in generating the list using someother technic. Thanks in advance for your replies. Debra, Thanks a lot for your reply. I tried that but it doesn't help for list of values. More specifically: I have 12 columns, each containing a list of 100 values (1 value in a cell). Based on the value of a cell, different from the cells mentioned above, in range of 1 to 12 one of the list is to be selected in Drop down list (using Data Validation ---List ----Formula). The above mentioned field at the end of path allows only 8 IF-THEN-ELSE type statements. I tried using Index, Match, address functions etc. but I am not able to get the solution. -- Debra Dalgleish Excel FAQ, Tips & Book List http://www.contextures.com/tiptech.html |
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