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Formulas to add info to cell based on a WORD in another cell
I'm looking to get a cell to add information based on another cell, and can't seem to get it...
Basically, what I want to do is have a cell look at another, and based on a specific word, add specific information. For example:
If cell A2 has the word 'MB' in it, then it should add '192.104.'
If cell A2 has the word 'SK' in it, then it should add '192.103.'
If cell A2 has the word 'AB' in it, then it should add '192.102.'
If cell A2 has the word 'BC' in it, then it should add '192.101.'
I've tried some IF statements, and they hit up the #NAME? instead. I've even tried to get it to look ONLY at one, and add in one set. Here's what I've tried:
=IF(A2:A500=MB,"192.104.",IF(A2:A500=AB,"192.102.",IF(A2:A500=SK,"192.103.",IF(A2:A500=BC,"192.101.", "ERROR"))))
Is there something I am missing, or a better way to get the information I want?
Eventually, I'm also looking to have it query previous cells for the last part and add in the next.
Is this even possible in Excel?
So if all you need is to populate the column F based on province entered in column A, you may try something like this...
In F2
=IF(A2="","",IFERROR(VLOOKUP(A2,Subnet,2,0),""))I have inserted a new sheet called "Lookup" where you can list all the provinces and their subnet.
I have also created a dynamic Named Range called "Subnet" which is used in the formula above.
You may add more provinces and their details on Lookup Sheet and your formula will be updated automatically as per the province you enter in column A if that province exists on Lookup Sheet.
So if A2 is AB, the formula will return 192.102. in F2.
But if you want F2 to return 192.102.1.0 in F2 as you showed in the cell F8 (green cell), you may tweak the formula as...
=IF(A8="","",IFERROR(VLOOKUP(A8,Subnet,2,0)&"1.0",""))
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It would be much easier to visualize what exactly you are trying to achieve if you upload a small sample file along with the desired output mocked up manually and an explanation which justify your desired output in the next column for few rows.
Btw #NAME? error simply means that Excel doesn't recognize the formula you are using or an incorrect formula e.g. in your formula you need to surround the words with double quotes like "MB", "AB" etc.
And if you miss those double quotes Excel assumes MB, AB etc are some functions which it doesn't recognize and produces that error.
Thanks for the reply!
Basically, this is what it would look like:
Cell A has a list of Province Acronyms, Cells B through E don't mean anything to this cell (They're their own thing.
I'm building out hundreds of these things, and they have IP addresses based on their province, and eventually, there may be other's that will build as well, and we need to know what addresses we are using so that there's no errors or overlap.
Basically, the cells in F should look to see what acronym is in cell A, and add in the correct first half of the IP range. The F column will eventually be hidden, and the last half will be added in manually based on the previous ranges for that same province, producing the full IP address. Similar things will occur for an additional five IP's per device based on other factors that will grab from F column and others.
Thanks for the image, though images are not very helpful and difficult to work with.
I requested you to upload a sample Excel file not the image along with the desired output mocked up manually. Please do so if possible.
