Ok, got it!

Assuming your data starts on row 2...

Enter this array formula** in B2:

=INDEX(E$2:E$7,MATCH(1,(A2=C$2:C$7)*(A2<=D$2:D$7) ,0))

Copy down as needed

** array formulas need to be entered using the key combination of
CTRL,SHIFT,ENTER (not just ENTER)

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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"DPingger" wrote in message
...
Thanks, TVal.

I've lost sleep for two days now thinking about this.

Here it is.

Col A
3/15/2008
2/28/2008
6/1/2008
5/15/2008

Col C D E
1/1/2008 1/29/2008 Jan 2008
1/30/2008 2/26/2008 Feb 2008
2/27/2008 3/28/2008 Mar 2008
3/29/2008 4/27/2008 Apr 2008
4/28/2008 5/24/2008 May 2008
5/25/2008 6/29/2008 Jun 2008


Desired result after comparison to col C:D:

Col A B
3/15/2008 Mar 2008
2/28/2008 Mar 2008
6/1/2008 Jun 2008
5/15/2008 May 2008


There are 4 thousand date entries in column A.


"T. Valko" wrote:

Not sure I follow you on this.

Can you post a small example of your data and demonstrate what result you
want?

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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"DPingger" wrote in message
...
TVal.

I have a similar problem comparing dates.

A1:A20 has the dates that needs to be compared to a range of dates in
C1:D25
and if within range then enter the value in E1:E25 in corresponding
Cell
in
column B.

I've tried a simple If statement to no avail.

=If(C1<A1<D1,E1,if(C2<A1<D2,E2........ not working.

Help!!!

TIA

Pingger

"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)

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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"SMH" wrote in message
...
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.