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PhilWong

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How do I write a formula for the yellow box that will return a category in column D from the spend value.

[TABLE="width: 193"]
<colgroup><col width="33" style="width: 25pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 1206;"> <col width="75" style="width: 56pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 2742;" span="3"> <tbody>[TR]
[TD="class: xl603, width: 33, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="class: xl609, width: 75, bgcolor: transparent"]Spend[/TD]
[TD="class: xl603, width: 75, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="class: xl609, width: 75, bgcolor: transparent"]Category[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl603, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="class: xl611, bgcolor: transparent"]£5,323.24[/TD]
[TD="class: xl603, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="class: xl610, bgcolor: yellow"] [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl603, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="class: xl603, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="class: xl603, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="class: xl603, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl602, bgcolor: transparent"]A[/TD]
[TD="class: xl602, bgcolor: transparent"]B[/TD]
[TD="class: xl602, bgcolor: transparent"]C[/TD]
[TD="class: xl602, bgcolor: transparent"]D[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl604, bgcolor: #99CCFF"]1[/TD]
[TD="class: xl605, bgcolor: #99CCFF"]£0[/TD]
[TD="class: xl605, bgcolor: #99CCFF"]>=[/TD]
[TD="class: xl604, bgcolor: #99CCFF"]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl606, bgcolor: #CCFFFF"]2[/TD]
[TD="class: xl607, bgcolor: #CCFFFF"]£2,500[/TD]
[TD="class: xl607, bgcolor: #CCFFFF"]>=[/TD]
[TD="class: xl606, bgcolor: #CCFFFF"]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl604, bgcolor: #99CCFF"]3[/TD]
[TD="class: xl605, bgcolor: #99CCFF"]£2,501[/TD]
[TD="class: xl605, bgcolor: #99CCFF"]>=[/TD]
[TD="class: xl604, bgcolor: #99CCFF"]2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl606, bgcolor: #CCFFFF"]4[/TD]
[TD="class: xl607, bgcolor: #CCFFFF"]£5,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl607, bgcolor: #CCFFFF"]>=[/TD]
[TD="class: xl606, bgcolor: #CCFFFF"]2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl604, bgcolor: #99CCFF"]5[/TD]
[TD="class: xl605, bgcolor: #99CCFF"]£5,001[/TD]
[TD="class: xl605, bgcolor: #99CCFF"]>=[/TD]
[TD="class: xl604, bgcolor: #99CCFF"]3[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl606, bgcolor: #CCFFFF"]6[/TD]
[TD="class: xl607, bgcolor: #CCFFFF"]£10,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl607, bgcolor: #CCFFFF"]>=[/TD]
[TD="class: xl606, bgcolor: #CCFFFF"]3[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl604, bgcolor: #99CCFF"]7[/TD]
[TD="class: xl605, bgcolor: #99CCFF"]£10,001[/TD]
[TD="class: xl605, bgcolor: #99CCFF"]>=[/TD]
[TD="class: xl604, bgcolor: #99CCFF"]4[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl606, bgcolor: #CCFFFF"]8[/TD]
[TD="class: xl608, bgcolor: #CCFFFF"]£25,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl608, bgcolor: #CCFFFF"]>=[/TD]
[TD="class: xl606, bgcolor: #CCFFFF"]4[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl604, bgcolor: #99CCFF"]9[/TD]
[TD="class: xl605, bgcolor: #99CCFF"]£25,001[/TD]
[TD="class: xl605, bgcolor: #99CCFF"]>=[/TD]
[TD="class: xl604, bgcolor: #99CCFF"]5[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl606, bgcolor: #CCFFFF"]10[/TD]
[TD="class: xl607, bgcolor: #CCFFFF"]£50,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl607, bgcolor: #CCFFFF"]>=[/TD]
[TD="class: xl606, bgcolor: #CCFFFF"]5[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl604, bgcolor: #99CCFF"]11[/TD]
[TD="class: xl605, bgcolor: #99CCFF"]£50,001[/TD]
[TD="class: xl605, bgcolor: #99CCFF"]>=[/TD]
[TD="class: xl604, bgcolor: #99CCFF"]6[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl606, bgcolor: #CCFFFF"]12[/TD]
[TD="class: xl607, bgcolor: #CCFFFF"]£100,000[/TD]
[TD="class: xl607, bgcolor: #CCFFFF"]>=[/TD]
[TD="class: xl606, bgcolor: #CCFFFF"]6[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl604, bgcolor: #99CCFF"]13[/TD]
[TD="class: xl605, bgcolor: #99CCFF"]£100,001[/TD]
[TD="class: xl605, bgcolor: #99CCFF"]>=[/TD]
[TD="class: xl604, bgcolor: #99CCFF"]7[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
 

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Happy to help, glad it worked. Thanks for the feedback.

Just as a side note, it's the "TRUE" argument that is important in your case. Approximate match = nearest but not greater than. If you change the order of your table, it will give you a result you're not expecting. If you don't use FALSE for the last argument, your table MUST be sorted A->Z (or low to high, however you want to look at it).

For instance, this:


Book1
BCD
15323.243
20>=1
32500>=1
42501>=2
55000>=2
65001>=3
710000>=3
810001>=4
925000>=4
1025001>=5
1150000>=5
1250001>=6
13100000>=6
14100001>=7
Sheet1
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
D1=VLOOKUP(B1,B2:D14,3,TRUE)


gives the correct result, while this:


Book1
BCD
15323.24#N/A
2100001>=7
3100000>=6
450001>=6
550000>=5
625001>=5
725000>=4
810001>=4
910000>=3
105001>=3
115000>=2
122501>=2
132500>=1
140>=1
Sheet1
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
D1=VLOOKUP(B1,B2:D14,3,TRUE)


returns an error.
 
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And by the way, if you DO use "FALSE" as the last argument...in your case, you won't get a result at all. It will be looking for 5323.24 and won't find it...and so will result in an error.


Book1
BCD
15323.24#N/A
20>=1
32500>=1
42501>=2
55000>=2
65001>=3
710000>=3
810001>=4
925000>=4
1025001>=5
1150000>=5
1250001>=6
13100000>=6
14100001>=7
Sheet1
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
D1=VLOOKUP(B1,B2:D14,3,FALSE)
 
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