How to group data into ranges in Excel

[questforexcel]

Hi,

If I have a set of repetitive data i.e. individual data points which fall under the same range cell, is there a way to group them together in excel.

For eg.

All the below data fall under Zone 6. Is there a way I could club all the numbers together for ease of reference. Something like 500-519 would be Zone 6.

Thank you

[TABLE="width: 162"]
<colgroup><col><col></colgroup><tbody>[TR]
[TD] Dest Zip/Postal Code[/TD]
[TD] Zone[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]500[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]6[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]501[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]6[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]502[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]6[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]503[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]6[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]504[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]6[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]505[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]6[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]506[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]6[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]507[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]6[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]508[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]6[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]509[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]6[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]510[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]6[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]511[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]6[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]512[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]6[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]513[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]6[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]514[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]6[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]515[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]6[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]516[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]6[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]517[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]6[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]518[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]6[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]519[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]6[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]

 

[Jeffrey Mahoney]

You are using this table as reference, right?

When using =VLOOKUP(514,ZipTable,TRUE/FALSE). The third parameter allows you to either find the exact value (FALSE), or a value between a lower and upper end (TRUE). If you use TRUE, the reference table must be sorted by the left column.

If you name your table ZipTable (below), the following formulas would give you the following results:
=VLOOKUP(514,ZipTable,TRUE) = 6
=VLOOKUP(520,ZipTable,TRUE) = 7
=VLOOKUP(521,ZipTable,TRUE) = 7
=VLOOKUP(524,ZipTable,TRUE) = 7

Dest Zip/Postal Code	Zone
500	6
520   7
525   8
534   9

Or are you asking to actually format the table you provided?