Try the below test

Col A Col B Col C Col D
Items Date QDate Items
ABC 2/4/2009 2/4/2009 =
DEF 4/5/2009 2/4/2009 =
AEG 2/4/2009
AEH 2/4/2009

--QDate represents Query Date.
--In cell D2; enter the below formula; Please note that this is an array
formula. An array formula can perform multiple calculations and then return
either a single result or multiple results. Array formulas act on two or more
sets of values known as array arguments. Each array argument must have the
same number of rows and columns. You create array formulas in the same way
that you create other formulas, except you press CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER to enter
the formula. If successful in 'Formula Bar' you can notice the curly braces
at both ends like "{=<formula}"

=INDEX($A$1:$A$100,SMALL(IF($B$1:$B$100=C2,ROW($B$ 1:$B$100)),ROW(A1)))

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Jacob Skaria


"Meeru" wrote:

i have the following data:-

Items # Date
ABC 2/4/09
DEF 4/5/09
AEG 2/4/09

I want to auto extract items# when you enter a date, but i do have a
duplicate date how do i auto extract when there is a duplicate date:-

Date Items
2/4/09 ABC
2/4/09 AEG
thanks for your help
meeru