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Formula to read a table and record answer from table in cell

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    Question Formula to read a table and record answer from table in cell

    Guys,

    I'm new to excell and really stuck with this:

    I have two cells (A1 and B1) which contain dropdown lists with various options. see lists below:


    A1 -
    Very Likely
    Likely
    Unlikely
    Very Unlikely

    B1 -
    Extreme
    Major
    Moderate
    Minor

    What i want to do is have in cell C1 is a conditional answer. so for example if A1 is Very Likely and B1 Extreme, C1 will automatically record High Risk.

    I have made a table/matrix which have all the possible outcomes for C1 - Which can be either - High Risk, Medium Risk, or Low Risk - depending on the answers in cells A1 and B1.

    I need to create a function to work this all out for me and i guess it involves looking up the possible outcome on the table. I just don't know how to do this.

    Can anyone help please?

    Many thanks

    Chuparfaan

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    Re: Formula to read a table and record answer from table in cell

    =INDEX(Table,MATCH(A1,VerticalRange,0),MATCH(B1,HorizontalRange,0)

    This page is the ultimate guide to understanding them:
    http://www.contextures.com/xlFunctions03.html

    Or post you sample workbook and we can create a more accurate example.
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