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Richard Buttrey
 
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Default VLookup against one of two columns

On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 08:10:33 -0800, Mark
wrote:


I have a spreadsheet which allows a sales rep to enter a part number and
have the price column populated - normal vlookup works fine for this.

However, the lookup table contains 2 part numbers (ours and a competitors)
and I want them to be able to enter either of those codes and have the price
populated

Col A Col B
Enter code: Price
123 OR xyz £1.99

Lookup table is:

A B C
Code Code2 Price

I'm not sure whether i should be using Match, Index or VLookup for this, so
any help much appreciated.


If none of your part numbers are the same as your competitor's part,
why not just list all the part numbers, yours and your competitors in
column A, with the price in col. B. (Perhaps adding a note in column C
that says "Ours", or "Comp" in case you ever need to use it in future
calcs).


HTH




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Richard Buttrey
Grappenhall, Cheshire, UK
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