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» Retrieving the Price for a Specified Item and a Specified Brand

CATEGORY: Lookup Formulas

VERSIONS: All Microsoft Excel Versions

Problem:

Retrieving the matching price of the item shown in cell A2, for the specific brand entered in cell B2.

Following are the prices for each possible combination:
Item,Brand,Price
Jeans, Diesel, $85
Jeans, Levis, $80
Jeans, Lee, $70
T-Shirt, Sacks, $7
T-Shirt, Gap, $5
T-Shirt, Old Navy, $3

Solution:

Use the IF and LOOKUP functions as shown in the following formula:
=IF(A2="Jeans",LOOKUP(B2,{"Diesel","Lee","Levis";85,70,80}),IF(A2="T-Shirt",LOOKUP(B2,{"Gap","Old Navy","Sacks"},{5,3,7})))

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