return a value based on another cell

I am trying to retun a value for a cell based on another cell that will have
approx. 100 possible values. The first cell is a list of vendor names (which
I have in a drop down menu) and the second is a vendor # (which will always
correspond to a specific vendor name). I would like the vendor # to
automatically fill in depending on which vendor name I choose from the drop
down vendor list.

Any help is much appriciated,

msm89

What you want is the VLOOKUP function. for example.........in G1:G99 put
your vendor names in alphabetical order. In H1:h99 put their corresponding
vendor codes.

then put any vendor name in A1, and put this formula in B1...

=VLOOKUP(A1,G1:H99,2,FALSE)

hth
Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3



"msm89" wrote:

I am trying to retun a value for a cell based on another cell that will have
approx. 100 possible values. The first cell is a list of vendor names (which
I have in a drop down menu) and the second is a vendor # (which will always
correspond to a specific vendor name). I would like the vendor # to
automatically fill in depending on which vendor name I choose from the drop
down vendor list.

Any help is much appriciated,

msm89