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Cell reference based on another cell choice from a drop down list.

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    Cell reference based on another cell choice from a drop down list.

    I have a workbook that I have created that I want to use to show what area an address is located.

    I have 2 worksheets in the workbook
    -- Locations (I plan on hiding this)
    -- Site Lookup (which will be the main worksheet)

    on the locations worksheet i have 2 columns,
    column A - Sites -- which lists all the addresses
    column b - Areas -- which lists the area that the address is located in

    on the site look up worksheet
    Column a -- I have created a drop down listed based on the "sites" column from the locations work sheet
    Column b -- I want this to populate with the "area" that corresponds with the address that is chosen from the drop down list each time I choose a different address from column a.
    I have this vlookup: =VLOOKUP(Sites, Locations!A1:B255,2, FALSE), but when I choose a different address from the drop down menu, it doesn't change.

    I have attached my spreadsheet, hopefully it makes sense and someone can give some suggestions.

    Thanks,

    James
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    Re: Cell reference based on another cell choice from a drop down list.

    hi James, you are not supposed to lookup the whole "Sites". just A2 will do:
    =VLOOKUP(A2, Locations!A1:B255,2, FALSE)

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    Re: Cell reference based on another cell choice from a drop down list.

    Thanks, works great!!!!

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