Type a code in a cell and have it replaced with a given name.

Agnarr

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Hello everybody and you all do an amazing work.
I need your help please and i apologize in advance for any mistakes (English is not my native language).

I have an excel where I need to type a 4 digit code in a cell and when after pressing enter, I need it to be replaced by a name corresponding to said 4-digit code.
There is a separate sheet with the list of each code to a name.
For example:
Type in cell C4 "3625" and hit enter. Automatically it changes into "Mr. Addams".
I'm not even sure something like this is possible. I tried to to work my way around this but my vba knowledge is limited.

If the above is not possible then please help me solve this: Check each cell in a column and for each cell that is not blank have it copied to another cell in another column.
Example:
In column C cells 1,2,5, and 8 have values. Have these cells be copied in column z in the 1,2,4 and 8 position accordingly but for each cell that becomes blank, clear contents from the corresponding one as well. (if i delete values from c3 have the cell in z3 also become empty).

All of the above i would need them to work for any sheet i place the macro in, so no ties to worksheets names.

Thank you all in advance. Any help will be appreciated.
 

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Assum sheet1, C1:C100 is input range
sheet names "code", A1:B3 is lookup range, with codes in column A, names in column B
Right click sheet1, view code, then paste below code into.
VBA Code:
Option Explicit
'This code is placed in "sheet1" (input sheet) module
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
Dim inputR As Range, codeR As Range, cell As Range
Dim f
Set inputR = Range("C1:C100") ' range of input data. adjust to actual range
Set codeR = Worksheets("code").Range("A1:B3") ' assums sheet "code", range "A1:B3" contains lookup code. Adjust to actual sheet-range
If Intersect(Target, inputR) Is Nothing Then Exit Sub
With Application
    .EnableEvents = False
    For Each cell In Target
        Set f = codeR.Find(cell.Value, , , xlWhole)
        If Not f Is Nothing Then cell.Value = f.Offset(, 1).Value
    Next
    .EnableEvents = True
End With
End Sub
Book1
ABC
11
22
33
4Mr A
5Mr B
63333
7Mr B
8Mr B
9Mr A
10Mr A
11Mr C
12Mr C
13Mr C
14Mr C
15Mr C
16Mr C
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
Sheet1

Book1
AB
11234Mr A
25678Mr B
33625Mr C
code
 
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Assum sheet1, C1:C100 is input range
sheet names "code", A1:B3 is lookup range, with codes in column A, names in column B
Right click sheet1, view code, then paste below code into.
VBA Code:
Option Explicit
'This code is placed in "sheet1" (input sheet) module
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
Dim inputR As Range, codeR As Range, cell As Range
Dim f
Set inputR = Range("C1:C100") ' range of input data. adjust to actual range
Set codeR = Worksheets("code").Range("A1:B3") ' assums sheet "code", range "A1:B3" contains lookup code. Adjust to actual sheet-range
If Intersect(Target, inputR) Is Nothing Then Exit Sub
With Application
    .EnableEvents = False
    For Each cell In Target
        Set f = codeR.Find(cell.Value, , , xlWhole)
        If Not f Is Nothing Then cell.Value = f.Offset(, 1).Value
    Next
    .EnableEvents = True
End With
End Sub
Book1
ABC
11
22
33
4Mr A
5Mr B
63333
7Mr B
8Mr B
9Mr A
10Mr A
11Mr C
12Mr C
13Mr C
14Mr C
15Mr C
16Mr C
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
Sheet1

Book1
AB
11234Mr A
25678Mr B
33625Mr C
code
I can't believe it was that simple... I have been trying to do a whole other set of crap...
Thank you so much!!!!!!!
 
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Now please one more thing... assume I want to do the same, but instead of the same cell, show the names to the cell next to the code.
 
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I can't believe it was that simple... I have been trying to do a whole other set of crap...
Thank you so much!!!!!!!
one more question about this one please... in the same sheet i have a button that clears the whole list. now it's lagging incredibly. is there a workaround?
 
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