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Morton Detwyler[_2_] Morton Detwyler[_2_] is offline
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Default RELATIVE REFERENCE WHEN MATCHING 2 PRODUCTS

I have 2 sheets in my spreadsheet. I must exactly match a product name from
SHEET2 which contains a full product list, to a product name in SHEET1 which
is only a partial list. The partial list of products in SHEET1 will change
periodically, but the full list of products in SHEET2 will not. In both
sheets, Product names are in column [A] with the heading of "PRODUCT" in cell
A1, and the products listed in cells A2, A3, etc.

If a Product name on SHEET2 is in Row 12, and matches a Product name on
SHEET1 in Row 5, the formula needs to reference SHEET1 Row 5 and retain the
column range of "B" through "Y"; i.e. ('SHEET1'!$B5:$Y5). I only need your
help where it references SHEET1.

=IF(ISNA(VLOOKUP($A3,'SHEET1'!$A$6:$A$50,1,FALSE)) ,"",IF(COLUMNS($B3:B3)<=COUNT('SHEET1'!$B6:$Y6),IN DEX('SHEET1'!$B6:$Y6,MATCH(TRUE,ISNUMBER('SHEET1'! $B6:$Y6),0)+COLUMNS($B3:B3)-1),""))

Thank you for your help!