Code

A23 B14 A27 C45 A27 A27 A28 A28

Product
Paper Lamp Desk Pencil 75.00 5.00 #N/A

Price
5.00 15.00 75.00 0.50

exact match approximate match VLookup -- not found IF and VLOOKUP

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Code 123 124 125 126 123 123 123

Product
Paper Lamp Desk Pencil

Price
5.00 15.00 75.00 0.50

Code 123 124 00125 126 123 123 123 00125 00125 00125

Product
Paper Lamp Desk Pencil

Paper Paper Paper

#N/A Paper Paper #N/A Desk Desk

Conditional formatting indicates which cells contain text, and which contain numbers Text Number 123 123

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Price
5.00 15.00 75.00 0.50

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Invoice # Date

2004-1101
A VLOOKUP formula returns the product name from the second column of the lookup table

Data validation is used to create a dropdown list of product codes

Code

Product

Unit Cost

Quantity

Total

A23 A27

Paper Desk

$5.00 $75.00

3 2

$15.00 $150.00 $$$$$-

Subtotal Tax Total 10%

$165.00 $16.50 $181.50

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returns the product name from f the lookup table

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Score 0 50 60 70 85

Grade F D C B A

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Report Card
Subject English Math Physics Score 77 67 86 Grade B

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ProdSize Product
Shirt|Medium Shirt|Large Jacket|Medium Jacket|Large Shirt Shirt Jacket Jacket

Size
Medium Large Medium Large

Price
22.00 24.00 60.00 65.00

Jacket

Large

65.00

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