I have a Spreadsheet with two sheets.
Sheet 1 has the following data in columns
Forname Surname Birth Place Nationality
Alan Jones Liverpool
Allan Jones Cardiff
David Ellis Manchester
David Ellis Leeds
Clive Newman London
Sarah Roberts Cardiff

Sheet 2 has the following
Surname Forename Birthplace Nationality Forename Birthplace
Natioanlity
Jones Alan Liverpool English Allan
Cardiff Welsh
Ellis David Manchester English David
Leeds English

etc

How can I insert in sheet 1 the nationality where all three varialble must
match
i.e. Alan Jones Liverpool = Jones Alan Liverpool and returns the text
English in Sheet 1

You could insert a new column D in Sheet2 and fill it with this
formula:

=A2&B2&C2

and copy this down. Similarly, insert a new column H and put this
formula in H2:

=A2&F2&G2

and copy this down. Then in Sheet1 D2 you can put this formula:

=IF(ISNA(VLOOKUP(B2&A2&C2,Sheet2!D:E,
2,0)),IF(ISNA(VLOOKUP(B2&A2&C2,Sheet2!H:I,2,0)),"n ot
present",VLOOKUP(B2&A2&C2,Sheet2!H:I,2,0)),VLOOKUP (B2&A2&C2,Sheet2!D:E,
2,0))

Copy this down as required.

Hope this helps.

Pete

On Apr 28, 1:33*pm, Rob wrote:
I have a Spreadsheet with two sheets.
Sheet 1 has the following data in columns
Forname * * Surname * * *Birth Place * * * Nationality
Alan * * * * * * Jones * * * * * Liverpool
Allan * * * * * *Jones * * * * * Cardiff
David * * * * * *Ellis * * * * * * Manchester
David * * * * * *Ellis * * * * * * Leeds
Clive * * * * * * Newman * * *London
Sarah * * * * * Roberts * * * *Cardiff

Sheet 2 has the following
Surname * * *Forename * *Birthplace * *Nationality Forename Birthplace *
Natioanlity
Jones * * * * * Alan * * * * * * Liverpool * * *English * * Allan * * * *
Cardiff * * * Welsh
Ellis * * * * * * *David * * * * * Manchester *English * * David * * * *
Leeds * * * *English

etc

How can I insert in sheet 1 the nationality where all three varialble must
match
i.e. Alan Jones Liverpool = Jones Alan Liverpool and returns the text
English in Sheet 1

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))

Rob wrote:

I have a Spreadsheet with two sheets.
Sheet 1 has the following data in columns
Forname Surname Birth Place Nationality
Alan Jones Liverpool
Allan Jones Cardiff
David Ellis Manchester
David Ellis Leeds
Clive Newman London
Sarah Roberts Cardiff

Sheet 2 has the following
Surname Forename Birthplace Nationality Forename Birthplace
Natioanlity
Jones Alan Liverpool English Allan
Cardiff Welsh
Ellis David Manchester English David
Leeds English

etc

How can I insert in sheet 1 the nationality where all three varialble must
match
i.e. Alan Jones Liverpool = Jones Alan Liverpool and returns the text
English in Sheet 1

--

Dave Peterson

Thank you tried this and it worked

Thank you tried this one and it worked

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

You're welcome - thanks for feeding back.

Pete

On Apr 29, 8:50*am, Rob wrote:
Thank you tried this and it worked