New to Numbers, tried the guides...but still need help

Hi Folks,
I have a fairly simple project; but I am new to Numbers and haven't found my answer after rooting through the guides and forums. So here goes...
I have a few categories (red, green, blue, black, and yellow). Of these categories, there are different styles to choose from (pants, shorts, t-shirts, sweaters, jackets, and hats). What I'd like to be able to do is have a simple table, with dropdown menus (I believe these are called pop-up menus in Numbers). The first pop-up menu would be for the item color. When the color is chosen, I want the second pop-up menu to list the styles available to that color. When the user then chooses a style from the pop-up menu, I want the cell to the right to display the price. It would look something like this:
Cell A1 (pop-up menu); Cell B1 (pop-up menu); Cell C1 = corresponding value for parameters chosen in A1 and B1.
It's a simple pricing/order sheet that will have the same functionality for every row; that way users can have multiple rows if they need to buy multiple items, but the sheet is minimalistic in appearance.
Any idea how I can do this in Numbers? I hope I explained myself clearly enough...
Thanks!
-Michael-

knowledg333 wrote:
In that case, the pop-up menus can be fixed (it just means the list might be longer than necessary - as some colors are not available for certain styles). Alternatively, the categories can be fixed in individual cells, and the style can be the only popup menu that needs to be chosen. For example:
A1=Red; B1= (popup menu with all styles listed); C1= price for Red with the parameter in B1
A2=Black; B2= (popup menu with all styles listed); C2= price for Black with the parameter in B1
A3=Yellow; B3= (popup menu with all styles listed); C3= price for Yellow with the parameter in B1
etc...
Does that format eliminate the serious problem??
Yes it does and in this case, you may use a popup specific to the color.
To get the price of a given item, use VLOOKUP which will require a table storing the name and the price of the items.
In the look_up table you may see the name of the items and the prices of existing ones.
In cell B2 of Tableau 1, the popup menu offers the items : item1, item2, item3
In cell B3 of Tableau 1, the popup menu offers the items : item1, item2, item4
In cell B4 of Tableau 1, the popup menu offers the items : item1, item2, item3, item4
In cell C2 of Tableau 1, the formula is : =VLOOKUP(B2,look_up :: A:D,2)
In cell C3 of Tableau 1, the formula is : =VLOOKUP(B3,look_up :: A:D,3)
In cell C4 of Tableau 1, the formula is : =VLOOKUP(B4,look_up :: A:D,4)
Details about the used functions are available in *-iWork Formulas and Functions User Guide_*
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) lundi 11 octobre 2010 23:32:43

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