Good night,
Raw Green Newby looking for help.
Was assigned the task to create a VB script to do a lookup, but for the life of me the more I read how to do it the less I understand.
I have two worksheets I have to be able to look up a value from the second worksheet.
e.g. when a user types one of the below values on cell A1 I need it to look up on the second worksheet and replace it with the description.
P = Personal
I = Inventory
S = Special
Any help is greatly appreciated
Thanks
rudy.
Last edited by AliGW; 09-20-2021 at 02:19 AM.
Why do you feel you need VBA for this? Sounds like a regular vlookup will work just fine?
(or is this a homework assignment?)
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Ford
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Thank you for the clarification AliGW, my apologies for not reading the rules.
Thank you FDibbins fo your reply,
No this is not for homework. I was tasked to put together a spreadsheet for costing and wanted to classify each entry as to what the item is for. If I am not mistaken if I use a regular Vlookup in a formula I would have to use more than one cell (the input cell and a cell for the value). For this reason, I wanted the user to be able to enter the letter on the cell and the content be replaced with the description. because there will never be more than the three values I am trying to include in the script.
e.g. User enters "S" in cell "A1" and the "S" is replaced with "Special Order" in the same cell.
Thanks
Rudy
I think you're missing a trick here.
Once each of those entries are made, Excel's autofill will come into operation on subsequent rows.
If you can set up a key at the top and have the three descriptions directly above the column where they will be, then typing the first letter of each will cause the full word to be offered.
AliGW on MS365 Insider (Windows) 32 bit
Personal Inventory Special 0000001 Personal 0000002 Inventory 0000003 Special
Sheet: Sheet1
Select D8 in the attachment and type P, I or S and see what happens.
Thanks, I am aware of that option, but the way the spreadsheet is designed I wanted something a bit more sophisticated, and I thought it would be easy in excel, unfortunately, it seems what I want can not be done with excel. I will have to put something together in a database.
Thanks for all your help and guidance.
Rudy
It can be done - why have you drawn that conclusion? However, it will need VBA if my suggestion isn’t good enough for you. Shall I move the thread to the appropriate section?
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