Vlookup with part match
Thanks Ryan, not quite what I wanted but a good example of using Substitute
to replace a space with *.
Regards, Rob
"ryguy7272" wrote in message
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Here's one more for ya!
=VLOOKUP(SUBSTITUTE(A1," ","*"),$A1:$B3,2,FALSE)
HTH,
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"Rob" wrote:
Brillant, works a treat. Thanks very much. Rob
"T. Valko" wrote in message
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Try it like this:
=VLOOKUP("*"&A1&"*",$D$1:$F$50,2,0)
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"Rob" wrote in message
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Hi,
I'm looking up the contents of cell A1 against a list in D1:F50,
however,
cell A1 contains for example Z1234 whereas the list in D1:F50 has
Z1234 -
Mr R J Smith. I could insert an intermediate column and use
=LEFT(D1,5)
to extract the data to find a match on but this then effects other
worksheets that link in.
Is there a way to modify the belwo formula to achive my requirement.
=VLOOKUP(A1,$D$1:$F$50,2,0)
Thanks, Rob
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