# Finding student name in a list **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\ **Tags:** beginner, help\ **Created:** [January 6, 2025, 6:11pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/finding-student-name-in-a-list/3452866 "2025-01-06T18:11:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![drdoniaabdottiujj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@drdoniaabdottiujj](https://community.thunkable.com/u/drdoniaabdottiujj)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2025, 6:11pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/finding-student-name-in-a-list/3452866/1 "2025-01-06T18:11:09Z")
hello , i’d like to thank you in advance first i my job we are 10 persons have a big list of (services) and need to find each (service code) and (department) so we using excel table but it’s very slow on phones … i want create a textbox when i start write name of (service ) it’s show me list of samilier services with their codes and departments to guide my patients so please can you guide me because iam zero at coding and need to make this idea for my team i will upload photos what i did ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/e/5/e54dffa4ee1cc6254dbcdb4d970869d4a1c730ad.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2025, 6:27pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/finding-student-name-in-a-list/3452866/2 "2025-01-06T18:27:56Z")
You might find this tutorial helpful: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkPZHHH96dA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkPZHHH96dA) ---
**Author:** ![drdoniaabdottiujj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@drdoniaabdottiujj](https://community.thunkable.com/u/drdoniaabdottiujj)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2025, 6:36pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/finding-student-name-in-a-list/3452866/3 "2025-01-06T18:36:41Z")
first thnks for kind replying but there is differences , for example if i have a list of person name and their phone no. when i start write " j " it’s automatically show me a list of ( jenny , jamal , jadien ) with thier phone numbers . maybe i can’t write full medical expression in my project because too big and sensitive ---
**Author:** ![drdoniaabdottiujj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@drdoniaabdottiujj](https://community.thunkable.com/u/drdoniaabdottiujj)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2025, 10:32pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/finding-student-name-in-a-list/3452866/4 "2025-01-06T22:32:26Z")
please iam looking for help guys ---
**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 5:59am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/finding-student-name-in-a-list/3452866/5 "2025-01-07T05:59:24Z")
Please post a screenshot of your blocks or a link to your project. Do you want it to show the names and phone numbers? Or just the names? ---
**Author:** ![drdoniaabdottiujj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@drdoniaabdottiujj](https://community.thunkable.com/u/drdoniaabdottiujj)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2025, 10:54am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/finding-student-name-in-a-list/3452866/6 "2025-01-10T10:54:54Z")
realy i didn’t start any block list design , iam not experiance in that matter … so simply can you explain to me how can i make textbox makes filter on data viewr list ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/0/f/0f59f292712368bce16ff80133ae10de8a6f27e8.png) [@system](https://community.thunkable.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2025, 10:55am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/finding-student-name-in-a-list/3452866/7 "2025-04-10T10:55:07Z")
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