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So, I've got a chart (an EXP chart for an RPG) with several break points in it. One column is how many EXP is required to get to a level, the other column is what level you get to be given that EXP total. Like this:

  EXP | Level
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    0 | 1
2,000 | 2
4,000 | 3
9,000 | 4

and it goes up to level 36, but you get the idea. The EXP required does not follow a formula (sadly).

Now, I want the player to type into one box how many EXP they have, and then I want another box to reference the chart and compute their current level. I know that I could do it using a long chain of if statements, but it seems like there should be a better way of doing it.

What is that better way?

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The better way is to use VLOOKUP.

=VLOOKUP(D1,A2:B37,2)

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  • Oh, you're right it doesn't have to be an exact match after all. Now I feel stupid for not just trying it out.
    – Lokathor
    Commented Jul 31, 2014 at 6:42

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