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Default Working from oldest date

Well, did your try those two VLOOKUP formulae? Did they work for you
in different situations?

Pete

On Sep 14, 8:47*pm, Gibbyky2
wrote:
HI pete_uk

it would only ever be 2 dates but the values in relation to the dates would
change



"Pete_UK" wrote:
Have you only got two records, or is this a slimmed-down example?


To find the oldest date you can use MIN:


=MIN(A2,A3)


or:


=MIN(range)


if you have more dates.


Then you can use VLOOKUP to retrieve the values that correspond to
that minimum date:


=VLOOKUP(MIN(A$2,A$3),$A$2:$B$3,2,0)


to get the value from column B, and:


=VLOOKUP(MIN(A$2:A$3),$A$2:$C$3,3,0)


to get the value from column C.


Hope this helps.


Pete


On Sep 14, 8:17 pm, Gibbyky2
wrote:
Hi there hope someone can help, here goes


Date * * * * * * * * * * RM * * * * * *MR


05/08/1997 * * *£13.64 £53.41
04/05/1998 * * *£62.94 £246.44


i am looking for a formula to check which date is the oldest and put in the
corresponding amounts


ie as above 05/08/97 is oldest date therefore A10= £13.64 A11= £53.41 and
B10=£62.94 B11=£246.44


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