LOOKUP function using cell references as values

ezee

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I want to use LOOKUP to make different combinations of existing cell contents instead of giving the specific values in the formula.

For example, a normal LOOKUP would be:

=LOOKUP(A2,{0,60,70,80,90},{"F","D","C","B","A"})

in which case if A2 had the value 70 in it, it would display C in the cell.

I want to replace the {"F","D","C","B","A"} with cell references, so that depending on the value of A2, LOOKUP will return the value of a certain cell reference.

Here it is WRONG, but it will help explain my question:

=LOOKUP(A2,{6,7,8,9},{A10&A11,A12&A13,A14&A15,A16&A17})

So, if the value in A2 is 6, LOOKUP displays the values of A10&A11 together in the cell.

Its the {A10&A11,A12&A13,A14&A15,A16&A17} portion I'm doing wrong, I think I need some quotes, single quotes or = before each one or something but I can't figure it out.
 

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