You're welcome. Thanks for the feedback!

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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Rob" wrote in message
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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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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"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