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    text to have a value

    I have a dropdown list with High, Med and Low
    I am trying to have a value High 1, Med 3 and low 5.

    My final out come I want to add 1, 3, or 5 days to my due date cell.

    Thanks
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    Re: text to have a value

    Try this:

    =LOOKUP(A1,{"High","Low","Med"},{1,5,3})

    where A1 is the cell with the list.
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    Re: text to have a value

    By the way, you still haven't acknowledged the help you were given here back in August: https://www.excelforum.com/excel-gen...ml#post5169762

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    Re: text to have a value

    You are correct, my apologies... But so far your answer has helped so much.
    I try to figure Excel out on my own but.....
    Thank you so much, now I can go on w/ my next excel issue.

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