Row equal to other row

mtordin

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I have a row in excel that has different names of people and another row next to it full of numbers from 1-2187. I want to make it so that when I type in a persons name, the number in the column next to the persons name comes out. Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks.
 

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Yes! Type 1 in a cell. Hold down Ctrl while you drag the fill handle.
rows are the numbers 1 to xxxx down the left hand side
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a little confused on your question

in Column A running top to bottom you have a list of names
in Column B running top to bottom you have a list of numbers

where are you typing the name

lets assume its in column C row 1
now in Column D row 1 type

=Vlookup(C1, A:B, 2 , false)
now the number will appear for that name
or
=index(B:B, Match(C1, A:A, 0))
 
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