On Jul 30, 10:48*am, Karen wrote:
I am new to vlookup. i have figured out the argument, but want to enter part
of a name or an incomplete name and have vlookup find the name in the other
sheet. i tried match but it finds the first similar one. i want to be able to
enter enough unique characters but not the whole name.

also, i want to be able to have vlookup seach sheets within a file. *is this
possible?

Thanks!
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--------------KH

Karen, there's a discussion about using wildcards in vlookups. Hope
it helps.

http://groups.google.com/group/micro... 9a8ef698c66aa

Pierre