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I have 2 worksheets that are set up with similiar fields. The difference is
one worksheet is from one year and the other worksheet is another year. I
would normally use a vlookup function to join the 2 files but I need to match
these 2 worksheets using 2 columns (e.g. car make and car dealer). Thanks.
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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))

graymore393 wrote:

I have 2 worksheets that are set up with similiar fields. The difference is
one worksheet is from one year and the other worksheet is another year. I
would normally use a vlookup function to join the 2 files but I need to match
these 2 worksheets using 2 columns (e.g. car make and car dealer). Thanks.


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