Dropdown source validation issue

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Vaucluse Posted messages 27336 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   -
Hello,
I am currently creating an Excel file to calculate the cost of works. In my main sheet, I have all the areas of a building (Column A), the number of square meters (Column B), and the price per square meter (Column C). My user wants to be able to choose from a dropdown list the price per square meter based on previous projects.
So far, I have managed to do this thanks to all the discussions; I have defined my list names (one for each area, that is A266:B271, which corresponds to a range of cells), but when I go to Tools/Validation/List/Source and type =ListeVestiaires, the following message appears: "The source list must be delimited or refer to a single row or column."

Thank you all for your help; I have over 100 areas to fill in, and I really don't understand where I made a mistake.

If I wasn't clear, feel free to ask!

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    Hello again,

    thank you very much micami83 for your help, but indeed I really need my two columns; the first one with the name of the project and the second one with the cost; it's the cost that should be transferred to my file.
    Indeed, it works with just one column

    If someone else has already had this issue ....

    Thank you

    Ge
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    1. Vaucluse Posted messages 27336 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   6 453
       
      Good evening
      In fact, the solution that would seem to be the most suitable for your problem at first glance would be:
      1° to create a validation list in a column
      2° to use a SEARCH function with INDEX / MATCH to display the corresponding price per square meter for the project.
      But to assist you if needed, we need the type of organization of your data.
      sincerely

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