cross referencing text strings

[imported_unknown]

I am working on a SS for my business and cannot, for the life of me, figure out how I can perform this function. I know it can be done though...

I have two columns....for example....I enter a salesperson's name in A1 and need B1 to cross reference(a table?) and autofill with the corresponding managers name.

Keep in mind I have to work with Excel 95 format. Our company hasn't upgraded yet...I'm working at home off of XP, but need to save my work in the older format for work puposes.

Can someone send me in the right direction here? Thanks...Mike

 

[Aladin Akyurek]

Consider using the VLOOKUP worksheet function.

 

[imported_unknown]

Hey thanks for the quick advice.....I had tried that function before....after your advice fiddled with it a bit more at whalla! got it to work!!!

=VLOOKUP(B9,Sheet1!$A$1:$B$8,2,FALSE)

An additional question in reference to this formula....what purpose is the "FALSE" in this formula? I would think if anything, "TRUE" would be what I was looking for to make this thing work. But why ask why right? I just need to know...that's why....

Thanks

 

[Joe Was]

Range_lookup is a logical value that specifies whether you want VLOOKUP to find an exact match or an approximate match. If TRUE or omitted, an approximate match is returned. In other words, if an exact match is not found, the next largest value that is less than lookup_value is returned. If FALSE, VLOOKUP will find an exact match. If one is not found, the error value #N/A is returned.

 

[imported_unknown]

Great...Thanks...I now comprehend!!

 

[Aladin Akyurek]

On 2002-10-05 12:11, ptcruuzinfl wrote:
Great...Thanks...I now comprehend!!

...and you can substitute 0 for FALSE to have a shorter formula.