Find a value in a cell and return another value in a differant cel

I have a list in column A and another list in column B:

A B
Eagle EAG
Lonely LNY
Bradys BRY

The list in column A is 35 names long. The list in column B is also 35
names long. Cell C1 contains a validation dropdown box which is the list in
column A. If "Eagle" is selected and put into cell C1, "EAG " should
automaticly be put into cell C2; if "Lonely" is selected and put into cell
C1,"LNY" should automaticly be put into cell C2; etc. Since the lists each
contain 35 entries the "IF" function will not work since "IF" can only
contain 7 statements. Any ideas

In C2, use the vlookup function to find the corresponding entry from column
B: =vlookup(c1,a:b,2,false).

"Lew" wrote:

> I have a list in column A and another list in column B:
>
> A B
> Eagle EAG
> Lonely LNY
> Bradys BRY
>
> The list in column A is 35 names long. The list in column B is also 35
> names long. Cell C1 contains a validation dropdown box which is the list in
> column A. If "Eagle" is selected and put into cell C1, "EAG " should
> automaticly be put into cell C2; if "Lonely" is selected and put into cell
> C1,"LNY" should automaticly be put into cell C2; etc. Since the lists each
> contain 35 entries the "IF" function will not work since "IF" can only
> contain 7 statements. Any ideas

Thanks, works great


"bpeltzer" wrote:

> In C2, use the vlookup function to find the corresponding entry from column
> B: =vlookup(c1,a:b,2,false).
>
> "Lew" wrote:
>
> > I have a list in column A and another list in column B:
> >
> > A B
> > Eagle EAG
> > Lonely LNY
> > Bradys BRY
> >
> > The list in column A is 35 names long. The list in column B is also 35
> > names long. Cell C1 contains a validation dropdown box which is the list in
> > column A. If "Eagle" is selected and put into cell C1, "EAG " should
> > automaticly be put into cell C2; if "Lonely" is selected and put into cell
> > C1,"LNY" should automaticly be put into cell C2; etc. Since the lists each
> > contain 35 entries the "IF" function will not work since "IF" can only
> > contain 7 statements. Any ideas