[FIXED] How to refer to cells in a table based off a row value in Excel?

Issue

So l have a 2 column table, with the first column being size, and the next column being weight. I want to create an input where I get a user to type in the object size, and the next cell just spits out the corresponding weight. Is there anyway to do this in excel?

size weight

1 12

2 15

3 20

For example given the table above I want a user to just type in '2' for size, and an output cell will spit out '15'.

So far I've tried using structured table references, but they only refer to columns? I don't know how to get it to associate a size with the weight in the cell right beside it.

There isn't a formula I can use either that takes the size of the object and spits out the weight either, because the values come from a numerical solution that the scientific paper I'm looking at doesn't specify.

Solution

You can use vlookup like so:

=VLOOKUP(D1,A:B,2,0)

User enters the size in D1 and D2 spits out the weight.

Answered By - findwindow

Answer Checked By - Gilberto Lyons (PHPFixing Admin)