How to convert text values in a popup menu to numerical values?

Question

Hi there,
I am trying to create a table in Numbers where one cell needs to have a numerical value inserted into it based upon the value chosen in a popup menu in another cell, and I'm not sure how to go about it.
To be more specific, I have a cell containing a popup menu with the items "Bronze", "Silver", "Gold" and "Platinum". Depending on which value is chosen, I need another cell to be populated with a value of 1,1.5,2 or 2.5 respectively, as I will then use this value to perform a multiplication elsewhere in the table. I have tried using the IF function in the 2nd cell but I can only get that to match one value and not an array of values.
Could anybody advise on the most effective way of accomplishing what I am trying to do?
Many thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Michael Quayle wrote:
(1) Hopefully you're not looking for points for being helpful, because all you're doing here is patronising me from the looks of it.
"The fact to be a newbie doesn't prevent someone to have a quick look, at least to the list of available functions, to know what may be done with the tool."
(2) This was *obviously* the first thing I did, followed by a Google search. When those avenues were exhausted I tried here. However, like I said, having "a quick look" is useless if you are not familiar enough with spreadsheets to know what it is you are looking for! MY choice of language to describe what I was trying to achieve was obviously not compatible with any search I performed, which is why I had to resort to asking a person rather than a manual. And frankly, the language used within the documentation is often rather alien to me. Having read the documentation for VLOOKUP I still don't fully understand its application. I'm a musician for heaven's sakes - everybody knows we can't read!
"The users guides were designed to help users, not to help helpers to help users "
(3) Are all your posts this condescending? I came here to ask a question, not to be accused of being lazy and not reading documentation. Like I said, my own searches through the manual were fruitless, so I came here for help. Are all the responses on this forum so cold and terse?
(1) Don't worry, I'm not here to grab points.
(2) Searching in the existing threads with the available tool seems more logical than searching in Google.
(3) I write what I want, the way I want.
In the cell C2 of the main table, the formula is :
=IF(ISBLANK(B2),"",VLOOKUP(B2,vlook_up :: A:B,2,FALSE))
Apply fill down to fill other cells.
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