Excel Help Needed

[Shaun]

I have run in to a bit of an issue, wanting to see if i can get help here first, i have a list of race classes and beside that i have a number that i have assigned to represent the class, here is a sample.


76 35
75 36
Class 4 37
74 38
73 39
72 40
Class 3 41
71 42
70 43


I can then use this =IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH(AW66,RacePage!$M$6)),AX66,"")
formula for todays class of race.
This formula extends the length of my class list.
AW66 represents the race class
AX66 represents the number value
RacePage!$M$6 represents today's race class and could be displayed like this on my sheet TAPETA : BM 64 HANDICAP

Now this works fine as it is searching for any part of today's race class in my list and returns the value i have assigned that class.

The problem i have is i want to swap this around, i need to be able to take a value displayed like this BM72 and search my list to find it's race class value.

[Chrome Prince]

Hi Shaun, I'm very confused.
Shouldn't a BM76 have a higher number?
Have you thought about using a database and just importing your data, the linked tables would give you what you want straight away.
Give me a shout if you want help with this, I'm sure I could knock something up for you quite quickly.

[Shaun]

Hi Shaun, I'm very confused.
Shouldn't a BM76 have a higher number?
Have you thought about using a database and just importing your data, the linked tables would give you what you want straight away.
Give me a shout if you want help with this, I'm sure I could knock something up for you quite quickly.

The numbers don't hold any real value except to separate the class list.

[Shaun]

This code solved my issues.

=IF(AQ2="","",LOOKUP(9E+99+307,SEARCH(Data!$AW$23:Data!$AW$98,AQ2),Data!$AX$23:Data!$AX$98))