Associate a word with a value?

W

Weasel

Board Regular
Joined
Sep 13, 2005
Messages
58
Is it possible to associate a word with a value. For example if I type the word "the" into a cell I'd want that cell to have a value of 8 so if I included it in a sum formula it would add 8 to the total sum.
 

Excel Facts

Pivot Table Drill Down
Double-click any number in a pivot table to create a new report showing all detail rows that make up that number
Sort by date Sort by votes
You could create a table on the side somewhere listing the words and their corresponding "number". Then you could use Vlookup() to extract the correct number.

e.g. =Vlookup(A1,X1:Y10,2,0) would extract the corresponding number in column Y to the looked up value in column X, where the word to look up is in A1.

This could be incorporated into your summing formula...
 
Upvote 0
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

L
  • Question
Step 2: VBA Macro to Sum
Replies
7
Views
294
offthelip
O
sparky2205
  • Solved
Toggle CheckBox to Hide/Unhide worksheet
Replies
6
Views
469
sparky2205
sparky2205
M
  • Question
VBA or Excel - if cell BEGINS with a specific word return a corresponding value
Replies
1
Views
246
MLSMITH1313
M
J
  • Question
IF Formulas "containing" text
Replies
1
Views
393
awoohaw
awoohaw
R
  • Locked
  • Question
Count the number of times a particular word appears in every nth column
Replies
1
Views
381
Fluff
Fluff

Forum statistics

Threads
1,215,916
Messages
6,127,701
Members
449,398
Latest member
m_a_advisoryforall

Share this page

We've detected that you are using an adblocker.

We have a great community of people providing Excel help here, but the hosting costs are enormous. You can help keep this site running by allowing ads on MrExcel.com.
Allow Ads at MrExcel

Which adblocker are you using?

Disable AdBlock

Follow these easy steps to disable AdBlock

1)Click on the icon in the browser’s toolbar.
2)Click on the icon in the browser’s toolbar.
2)Click on the "Pause on this site" option.
Go back

Disable AdBlock Plus

Follow these easy steps to disable AdBlock Plus

1)Click on the icon in the browser’s toolbar.
2)Click on the toggle to disable it for "mrexcel.com".
Go back

Disable uBlock Origin

Follow these easy steps to disable uBlock Origin

1)Click on the icon in the browser’s toolbar.
2)Click on the "Power" button.
3)Click on the "Refresh" button.
Go back

Disable uBlock

Follow these easy steps to disable uBlock

1)Click on the icon in the browser’s toolbar.
2)Click on the "Power" button.
3)Click on the "Refresh" button.
Go back
Back
Top