Hi!

Your formula works as long as the source table starts in row 1. If the
source table starts in any other row then the references are all out of
sequence.

Here's a modification based on your formula that's more flexible. Assumes
the source table is in the range Sheet2A5:B17:

Array entered:

=IF(COUNTA(INDIRECT("Sheet2!A"&MAX((Sheet2!A$5:A$1 7=A$1)*(ROW(A$5:A$17)))&":A"&MAX((Sheet2!A$5:A$17= A$1)*(ROW(A$5:A$17)))+ROWS($1:1)-1))=1,OFFSET(Sheet2!A$1,MATCH(A$1,Sheet2!A:A,0)-1+ROWS($1:1)-1,1),"")

Biff

"B. R.Ramachandran" wrote in
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Hi,

Try the following formula in B1 of Sheet 1. It assumes that your data
start
in Row 1 in Sheet 2, and the user enters the lookup text (e.g., ABC) in A1
of
Sheet 1. Also, type a bogus text (e.g., "END OF DATA") in the cell at
Column
A one row below the last row of data in Sheet 2. Modify the range in the
formula (now showing as A1:A101)to suit to your data in Column B of Sheet
2
(include the extra row containing "END OF DATA" in the range)

=IF(COUNTA(Sheet2!$A$1:INDIRECT("Sheet2!$A"&(MATCH ($A$1,Sheet2!$A$1:$A$101,0)+ROW(A1)-1)))=COUNTA(Sheet2!$A$1:INDIRECT("Sheet2!$A$"&(MAT CH($A$1,Sheet2!$A$1:$A$101,0)))),OFFSET(Sheet2!$B1 ,MATCH($A$1,Sheet2!$A$1:$A$101,0)-1,0),"")

Auto-fill the formula down column B to a generous number of rows to
accommodate the maximum possible column B numbers that a lookup text can
have.

Regards,
B. R. Ramachandran



"tjb" wrote:

I know there has to be a way to do this.

On Sheet1 the user enters in "ABC" into cell A1. Cell B1 would have
something like a VLOOKUP to look at Sheet2 to fill in the data.

Cell B1:B3 should then fill in with a range of data from a separate list
on
Sheet2

Let's say on Sheet2 there is a list of data that looks something like
this:

ABC 123
456
789
DEF 012
345
678

I hope this makes at least a little sense to at least one of you out
there...