On Wed, 25 Oct 2006 07:25:02 -0700, Sadiya Bilgrami <Sadiya
wrote:

I have 2 workbooks and each of them has 2 columns ITEM and DESCRIPTION. I
want to compare the item numbers and if the item nubers match want copy the
decription from workbook 2 to workbook 1 beside the description in workbook 1.

Thanks.

In C2 of Wb1 (assuming field names are in A1:B1) enter

=IF(ISERROR(VLOOKUP(A2,[Book2]Sheet1!$A$1:$B$15,2,FALSE)),"",VLOOKUP(A2,[Book2]Sheet1!$A$1:$B$15,2,FALSE))

and copy down as required.

HTH


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Richard Buttrey
Grappenhall, Cheshire, UK
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