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    Creating a Name List in Excel that correllates to a specific number.

    I need help on how to create a formula that will assign a name to a specific number. I will be uploading bar code data to excel and each barcode is assigned a specific number, I then need this number to be replaced with a Name. For example Number 1000 - should be assigned to John Smith. The first column will have the number, the second column will have the data and I would like the third column to have the correlating name. Can anyone help me with this?

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    Re: Creating a Name List in Excel that correllates to a specific number.

    mjrod0721,

    Welcome to the forum!
    Create a table with the numbers and their corresponding names and then use a vlookup formula
    Hope that helps,
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    Re: Creating a Name List in Excel that correllates to a specific number.

    tigervatar,

    Thank you for your reply. Can you explain in more details how I would create a table with the numbers and the corresponding names and then us a "vlookup" formula? I do not know anything about "vlookup." Thank you.

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    Re: Creating a Name List in Excel that correllates to a specific number.

    Here's a link to a tutorial on how to use Vlookup:
    http://spreadsheets.about.com/od/exc...320vlookup.htm

    Also, attached is an example workbook based on the criteria you described.
    The vlookup table is in G3:H5 and this formula is in cell C2 and copied down:
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    You can see how it looks up the number in the table I made and returns the corresponding name.
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    Re: Creating a Name List in Excel that correllates to a specific number.

    tigervatar,

    Thank you for your reply. I will take a look at this and make sure I understand.

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