HOW TO ASSIGN NUMERICAL VALUES TO LETTERS IN EXCEL

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I am trying to assign numerical values to grade scores - b+, c- etc, however
when i use lookup like this
=LOOKUP(C5,{"U","G-","G","G+","F-","F","F+","E-","E","E+","D-","D","D+","C-","C","C+","B-","B","B+","A-","A","A+","A*"},{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23})
which I thought would work I get a #N/A message. Can someone tell me where
I'm going wrong? I'm using Excel 2003.
 
You omitted the 4th argument, which defaults to TRUE. That means the table has to be sorted ascending.
I think in your case it is best to include the 4th argument as FALSE.

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Kind regards,

Niek Otten
Microsoft MVP - Excel

|I am trying to assign numerical values to grade scores - b+, c- etc, however
| when i use lookup like this
|
=LOOKUP(C5,{"U","G-","G","G+","F-","F","F+","E-","E","E+","D-","D","D+","C-","C","C+","B-","B","B+","A-","A","A+","A*"},{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23})
| which I thought would work I get a #N/A message. Can someone tell me where
| I'm going wrong? I'm using Excel 2003.
 
Paul,
modify your formula by using VLOOKUP instead of LOOKUP and add a 0 as
fourth argument.

=VLOOKUP(C5,{"U","G-","G","G+","F-","F","F+","E-","E","E+","D-","D","D+","C-","C","C+","B-","B","B+","A-","A","A+","A*"},{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23},FALSE)

HTH
Kostis Vezerides
 
Paul,

=INDEX({1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23},MATCH(C5,{"U","G-","G","G+","F-","F","F+","E-","E","E+","D-","D","D+","C-","C","C+","B-","B","B+","A-","A","A+","A*"},FALSE))

HTH,
Bernie
MS Excel MVP
 
Very good! I thought it was VLOOKUP already!

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Kind regards,

Niek Otten
Microsoft MVP - Excel

| Paul,
| modify your formula by using VLOOKUP instead of LOOKUP and add a 0 as
| fourth argument.
|
|
=VLOOKUP(C5,{"U","G-","G","G+","F-","F","F+","E-","E","E+","D-","D","D+","C-","C","C+","B-","B","B+","A-","A","A+","A*"},{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23},FALSE)
|
| HTH
| Kostis Vezerides
|
|
| > which I thought would work I get a #N/A message. Can someone tell me where
| teacherpaul wrote:
| > I am trying to assign numerical values to grade scores - b+, c- etc, however
| > when i use lookup like this
| >
=LOOKUP(C5,{"U","G-","G","G+","F-","F","F+","E-","E","E+","D-","D","D+","C-","C","C+","B-","B","B+","A-","A","A+","A*"},{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23})
| > which I thought would work I get a #N/A message. Can someone tell me where
| > I'm going wrong? I'm using Excel 2003.
|
 
Bernie you're a saviour thanx so much

Bernie Deitrick said:
Paul,

=INDEX({1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23},MATCH(C5,{"U","G-","G","G+","F-","F","F+","E-","E","E+","D-","D","D+","C-","C","C+","B-","B","B+","A-","A","A+","A*"},FALSE))

HTH,
Bernie
MS Excel MVP
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