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Repeat find and replace

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    Repeat find and replace

    I currently have two lists I am working with. One is a big mix of many different names, names which all need to be replaced.

    I have another list which has all of these original names included in one column and the names which should replace those names in the column next to it.

    Is the a way have excel repeat the find and replace all function for the 1000 names I have in the list, without my having to manually repeat it for each name. The list looks like this:

    1 name1
    2 name2
    3 name3
    4 name4
    ...

    the other list is a mix of many names in each cell

    cell 1: cell 2:

    1,3,5,2 2,6,4,7

    Thank you for your help.

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    Hi,
    I'm not sure I understand your example, but it sounds like you should be using a VLOOKUP() function, or maybe a combination of =MATCH() and =INDEX() functions.

    Rgds

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