I have a large range of Names in Column A. Some of the names show up
multiple times (ex: smith).
Only one of the "Smith" has a unique character located in Column B.
Once excel locates the unique item in Column B, is there a way to pull the
single cell's data that is housed in column C?

I'm thinking that sumproduct is the way to go, I'm just not sure.

Sumproduct may be the way to go if the value in column C is a number. And there
are no duplicates to worry about:

=sumproduct(--(a1:a10="Smith"),--(b1:b10="x"),c1:c10)

Adjust the ranges to match--but you can't use whole columns (except in xl2007).

=sumproduct() likes to work with numbers. The -- stuff changes trues and falses
to 1's and 0's.

Bob Phillips explains =sumproduct() in much more detail he
http://www.xldynamic.com/source/xld.SUMPRODUCT.html

And J.E. McGimpsey has some notes at:
http://mcgimpsey.com/excel/formulae/doubleneg.html

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But if column C contains text and you only want the first match (just like
=vlookup()), ...

Saved from a previous post:

If you want exact matches for just two columns (and return a value from a
third), you could use:

=index(othersheet!$c$1:$c$100,
match(1,(a2=othersheet!$a$1:$a$100)
*(b2=othersheet!$b$1:$b$100),0))

(all in one cell)

This is an array formula. Hit ctrl-shift-enter instead of enter. If you do it
correctly, excel will wrap curly brackets {} around your formula. (don't type
them yourself.)

Adjust the range to match--but you can only use the whole column in xl2007.

This returns the value in othersheet column C when column A and B (of
othersheet) match A2 and B2 of the sheet with the formula.

And you can add more conditions by just adding more stuff to that product
portion of the formula:

=index(othersheet!$d$1:$d$100,
match(1,(a2=othersheet!$a$1:$a$100)
*(b2=othersheet!$b$1:$b$100)
*(c2=othersheet!$c$1:$c$100),0))


CCrew2000 wrote:

I have a large range of Names in Column A. Some of the names show up
multiple times (ex: smith).
Only one of the "Smith" has a unique character located in Column B.
Once excel locates the unique item in Column B, is there a way to pull the
single cell's data that is housed in column C?

I'm thinking that sumproduct is the way to go, I'm just not sure.

--

Dave Peterson

Worked perfectly! Thanks!

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

Sumproduct may be the way to go if the value in column C is a number. And there
are no duplicates to worry about:

=sumproduct(--(a1:a10="Smith"),--(b1:b10="x"),c1:c10)

Adjust the ranges to match--but you can't use whole columns (except in xl2007).

=sumproduct() likes to work with numbers. The -- stuff changes trues and falses
to 1's and 0's.

Bob Phillips explains =sumproduct() in much more detail he
http://www.xldynamic.com/source/xld.SUMPRODUCT.html

And J.E. McGimpsey has some notes at:
http://mcgimpsey.com/excel/formulae/doubleneg.html

=========
But if column C contains text and you only want the first match (just like
=vlookup()), ...

Saved from a previous post:

If you want exact matches for just two columns (and return a value from a
third), you could use:

=index(othersheet!$c$1:$c$100,
match(1,(a2=othersheet!$a$1:$a$100)
*(b2=othersheet!$b$1:$b$100),0))

(all in one cell)

This is an array formula. Hit ctrl-shift-enter instead of enter. If you do it
correctly, excel will wrap curly brackets {} around your formula. (don't type
them yourself.)

Adjust the range to match--but you can only use the whole column in xl2007.

This returns the value in othersheet column C when column A and B (of
othersheet) match A2 and B2 of the sheet with the formula.

And you can add more conditions by just adding more stuff to that product
portion of the formula:

=index(othersheet!$d$1:$d$100,
match(1,(a2=othersheet!$a$1:$a$100)
*(b2=othersheet!$b$1:$b$100)
*(c2=othersheet!$c$1:$c$100),0))


CCrew2000 wrote:

I have a large range of Names in Column A. Some of the names show up
multiple times (ex: smith).
Only one of the "Smith" has a unique character located in Column B.
Once excel locates the unique item in Column B, is there a way to pull the
single cell's data that is housed in column C?

I'm thinking that sumproduct is the way to go, I'm just not sure.

--

Dave Peterson