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Default Find Matching Data Within Numerous Rows

There are two worksheets, same workbook, with one unique field on both
sheets. Since the order of the data isn't consistant, I would like to write
a formula to find out if the unique # is found.

For example:
Data set 1
A1=abc
A100=def

Data set 2
A2=def
A6=abc

I want the formula to find the value of A1 (abc) in the second data set, in
this example in data set 2, A6.

The formula I am trying to use is =VLOOKUP(A2,Sheet2!B2:B50000,2,FALSE)


"T. Valko" wrote:

I've tried vlookup, but I'm not getting the results I was looking for.


How are we supposed to know what result you're looking for if you don't tell
us!

Need more detail.

For example:

I want to find the value in A1 that is somewhere in the range L1:L1000 and
when found return the corresponding value from the range M1:M1000. The data
to be returned is _____. (text, numeric, could be either)

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"SMH" wrote in message
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There are two sets of data with one field matching in both sets. I want
to
be able to put a formula into a cell and find the matching field, whether
it
is in cell 10 or cell 1000. I've tried vlookup, but I'm not getting the
results I was looking for. Any other suggestions.