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hey I'm doing a basic course on excel at university, I have been told I have to connect a customer name to an id number, for example, if I type customer id '1' they want this customers name to replace the '1'.
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Solved by V. J. in 20 mins
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User
23/05/2018 - 01:28
how do I make it so when I type a '1' tom comes up?
Excelchat Expert
23/05/2018 - 01:28
Hi
User
23/05/2018 - 01:28
hello
Excelchat Expert
23/05/2018 - 01:28
Welcome to Got it Pro
User
23/05/2018 - 01:28
thankyou
Excelchat Expert
23/05/2018 - 01:28
Can you explain your requirement so that i can help yhou better
User
23/05/2018 - 01:29
in the excel sheet to the right I would like to be able to type a '1' and toms details comes up
User
23/05/2018 - 01:29
or replaces the '1'
Excelchat Expert
23/05/2018 - 01:29
Now type 1 in column A
User
23/05/2018 - 01:30
am I able to make it replace the '1' or can I only get it to go in the next column?
Excelchat Expert
23/05/2018 - 01:30
you can get in the next column
User
23/05/2018 - 01:31
ok how did you do that?
Excelchat Expert
23/05/2018 - 01:31
I column H and I, i fixed the values what you want against each number
Excelchat Expert
23/05/2018 - 01:32
Then i column B i used a lookup function to get a matching value from column H and I against column A
Excelchat Expert
23/05/2018 - 01:32
1 tom
2 james
3 anna
4 dane
5 ellen
6 eric
Excelchat Expert
23/05/2018 - 01:32
=iferror(VLOOKUP(A4,$H$2:$I$8,2,0),"")
Excelchat Expert
23/05/2018 - 01:32
This si the formula used
Excelchat Expert
23/05/2018 - 01:32
Hope this helps you out
User
23/05/2018 - 01:32
ok thankyou I should be alright from here
Excelchat Expert
23/05/2018 - 01:33
Cool
Excelchat Expert
23/05/2018 - 01:33
Please do give good rating and reviews
Excelchat Expert
23/05/2018 - 01:33
It really helps
Excelchat Expert
23/05/2018 - 01:33
Have a great day
User
23/05/2018 - 01:34
yo too
Excelchat Expert
23/05/2018 - 01:34
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