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    How to covert text from a number

    Hi all,
    Firstly thanks to all of you that assist with excel conundrums, you are such a great resource for us all. Its much appreciated.

    Hoping someone can help me today. I have a product list of maybe 200+ products, that I have to convert into a a transaction list every time I sell one. I am trying to insert a function where I could add a code in one cell eg. '001' which would then automatically insert the relevant product 'Red Bag', saving me having to manually write up the product name every time.
    The tricky part is that the product list isn't always in the same order and could appear anytime along the list of cells and in multiples along the same list.

    Example
    A1 = B1
    001 = Red bag
    002 = White bag
    001 = Red bag
    003 = Blue bag
    003 = Blue bag
    002 = White bag
    etc etc

    Hope I have made sense, thanks for your help in advance.

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    Re: How to covert text from a number

    I think of an solution with VLookup.

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    Re: How to covert text from a number

    Thank you Oeklere Vlookup works perfectly.
    Much appreciated.

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    Re: How to covert text from a number

    Thanks for the reply.

    Glad i could help.

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