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    Find name from a list?

    I'm trying to find a formula that will return me names from a two column list, with three-letter codes in Col A, eg ABC, ABD etc, and the names in Col B, eg Alcoa, IBM etc.
    I want to input a list of three-letter codes in another column and get the names automatically with a formula. Any ideas please?

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    Re: Find name from a list?

    Hi,

    Suppose column C is the column that you enter your 3 letter codes and column D is where you want the name returned.

    In D1, enter this formula:
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    Re: Find name from a list?

    See this:

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    Re: Find name from a list?

    Will be there more that one instances of the same 3 letters code?
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    Re: Find name from a list?

    Thanks very much guys, Vlookup did the job!

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    Re: Find name from a list?

    No problems!

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    Re: Find name from a list?

    Good deal. Thanks for the feedback!

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