regarding accessing column names using a string

["Leeds, Mark" <mleeds@mlp.com>]

i aplogize for my last message because i was not clear/incorrect

in my statement. my column names are those character

strings with the 4 digits. the matrix itself holds numbers.

 

i haven't tried all of the different suggestions but

using pmatch by comparing ticker1 to

the names in the matrix and getting the

index using a numeric worked so i am using that.

 

thanks to everyone and sorry for the confusion.

 

                                                    mark