# Playing with lists - some ideas

**URL:** <https://community.blaze.today/t/playing-with-lists-some-ideas/7717>\
**Category:** Questions and Help\
**Created:** [March 1, 2021, 9:22am UTC](https://community.blaze.today/t/playing-with-lists-some-ideas/7717 "2021-03-01T09:22:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![George\_Marinos](https://community.blaze.today/user_avatar/community.blaze.today/george_marinos/32/124_2.png) [@George\_Marinos](https://community.blaze.today/u/George_Marinos)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 12:16pm UTC](https://community.blaze.today/t/playing-with-lists-some-ideas/7717/6 "2021-03-02T12:16:34Z")

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The data will change as people will change their address and their respective ID number; plus new people (Drs) will be added onto the dataset.

I found something close on the Q & Help section

> [@Can I extract a text from google sheet like a "Vlookup"?](https://community.blaze.today/t/can-i-extract-a-text-from-google-sheet-like-a-vlookup/6114):
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> Hi, I would like to extract a certain text from a google sheet based on the selection of {formmenu} function, something like "vlookup" function in Excel. Is it possible? For example, I would like to extract "country" and "programming" when you select "name" from {formmenu} in the example below. [example] {csv="name,country,programming\nShinta,UK,Python\nJames,Japan,Ruby\nAya,Italy,HTML"} Hi I am {formmenu}. I live in {country}. My favourite programming language is {programming}. I tried sev…

but can't seem to understand it or able to apply it to my problem; a menu of all the names in an alphabetical order would be a solution? Not sure how to add new people?

George

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