"Fred Smith" wrote:

No it doesn't help. First you said "pipe is a vertical lookup & 2" is
horizontal. both are in a differentworksheet". Next you said "Actually all 3
items are in a database spreadsheet in one row". So which is it?

Then you say "we can choose pipe and then a size". If so, doesn't that get
you the answer you want?

If not, tell us:
-- the layout of your data
-- what answer you are looking for (examples are best)
-- what solution you are looking for (a formula, a procedure, instructions
on how to use the Find feature or Data Filter feature)

Regards,
Fred.

"geo chevko" wrote in message
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"Spiky" wrote:

On Aug 8, 12:36 pm, geo chevko
wrote:
i need to enter 2 paramters to find a product.

para.1 para.2 answer
2" pipe $2

pipe is a vertical lookup & 2" is horizontal. both are in a different
worksheet

How do they inter-relate if they are in different sheets? Where does
the $2 answer actually come from?

Actually all 3 items are in a database spreadsheet in one row. we can
choose pipe and then a size. does that help. New to this.



I found this question in the group. this is real close. i tried the
formula for this which follows:

I wondered if there is a function in Excel that allows you to look up a
value by two or more columns. (e.g. I want to ask for "column 1 = 1" AND
"column 2 = 5" to get the result "pears".

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
1 5 apples
1 10 oranges
3 5 pears

{=OFFSET(E11,MAX(ROW(1:6)*--(B12:B17="John")*--(C12:C17="Nov")),0)}
' or
'Forumla Example 2:
'Using cell references as the search criteria in EXAMPLE 1:
'{=OFFSET(E11,MAX(ROW(1:6)*--(B12:B17=A6)*--(C12:C17=A7)),0)}

I tried this "exactly" but it will not work. the cntrl, shft, enter thing.
dont know if i am doing it in the wrong sequence or what. But this is the
closest to what i am trying to accomplish. sorry for the bad directions, and
thanks.

dan