How would I go about doing this?

[Kris79]

Hi ya'll I am sorry I keep askin questions, but I have just one more.

Say I have 2 tabs and sheet1 has a list of 150 differnt numbers in
column A. with other information in columns b thru dg. I would like to
know if there is away to go type a number on sheet2 and it
automatically goes to sheet1 matches it with a number in column A, but
in a different column on sheet2 it puts the info from a certain cell
on the match of sheet1.

 

[JE McGimpsey]

One way:

Say you wanted to return the value of the cell in column G in the Sheet1
row that matched your value in Sheet2!A1:


=VLOOKUP(A1, Sheet1!AG, 7, FALSE)

 

[Gord Dibben]

Use Data Validation for in-cell drop-down for selecting a number and VLOOKUP
for filling in the matching item.

See Debra Dalgleish's site for more on VLOOKUP and Data
Validation lists for entering the choices.

http://www.contextures.on.ca/xlFunctions02.html

http://www.contextures.on.ca/xlDataVal01.html

Note the section on using DV lists from another worksheet by naming the list.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP