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[MissFitToys]

What I want it to do is

I have a drop down list in cell D3 that will display a name such as smith

I want cell E3 to display a number such as 200

is this possible in excel

 

[Brad]

Without more detail - look up data validation - this will solve your answer.

if you don't know where this is on the menu bar you should see

File .. edit.. .. .. . Data.

Select the data drop down and then the validation..

The next question may be do you want to key in the list

You might want to google Excel Data Validation to get other examples....

 

[T. Valko]

How many different selections will there be from the drop down? If there's
only a "few" (3, 4 or 5) you could do something like this:

=IF(D3="Smith",200,IF(D3="Jones",125,IF(D3="Adams",750,"")))

If you have many selections then you should build a lookup table:

http://contextures.com/xlFunctions02.html