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VLOOKUP and single Characters
Here is my Equation
In Sheet 2, column 3, is First name: i would like for only the first character of the name to come up and for the column 2, for only the first four characters to show. =VLOOKUP(R1,Sheet2!$A$2:$G$1138,3,FALSE)&" "&VLOOKUP(R1,Sheet2!$A$2:$G$1138,2,FALSE) Can you help me? :-) |
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VLOOKUP and single Characters
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=LEFT(VLOOKUP(R1,Sheet2!$A$2:$G$1138,3,FALSE),1)&" "&LEFT(VLOOKUP(R1,Sheet2!$A$2:$G$1138,2,FALSE) ,4) If this post helps click Yes --------------- Jacob Skaria "Sean NWIC" wrote: Here is my Equation In Sheet 2, column 3, is First name: i would like for only the first character of the name to come up and for the column 2, for only the first four characters to show. =VLOOKUP(R1,Sheet2!$A$2:$G$1138,3,FALSE)&" "&VLOOKUP(R1,Sheet2!$A$2:$G$1138,2,FALSE) Can you help me? :-) |
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VLOOKUP and single Characters
How can I make them all Capital letters?
"Jacob Skaria" wrote: Try =LEFT(VLOOKUP(R1,Sheet2!$A$2:$G$1138,3,FALSE),1)&" "&LEFT(VLOOKUP(R1,Sheet2!$A$2:$G$1138,2,FALSE) ,4) If this post helps click Yes --------------- Jacob Skaria "Sean NWIC" wrote: Here is my Equation In Sheet 2, column 3, is First name: i would like for only the first character of the name to come up and for the column 2, for only the first four characters to show. =VLOOKUP(R1,Sheet2!$A$2:$G$1138,3,FALSE)&" "&VLOOKUP(R1,Sheet2!$A$2:$G$1138,2,FALSE) Can you help me? :-) |
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VLOOKUP and single Characters
Put UPPER( ... ) around the formula that Jacob gave you.
Hope this helps. Pete On Sep 2, 7:11*pm, Sean NWIC wrote: How can I make them all Capital letters? "Jacob Skaria" wrote: Try =LEFT(VLOOKUP(R1,Sheet2!$A$2:$G$1138,3,FALSE),1)&" "&LEFT(VLOOKUP(R1,Sheet2!$A$2:$G$1138,2,FALSE) ,4) If this post helps click Yes --------------- Jacob Skaria "Sean NWIC" wrote: Here is my Equation In Sheet 2, column 3, is First name: i would like for only the first character of the name to come up and for the column 2, for only the first four characters to show. =VLOOKUP(R1,Sheet2!$A$2:$G$1138,3,FALSE)&" "&VLOOKUP(R1,Sheet2!$A$2:$G$1138,2,FALSE) Can you help me? :-)- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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VLOOKUP and single Characters
=UPPER(LEFT(VLOOKUP(R1,Sheet2!$A$2:$G$1138,3,FALSE ),1)&"
"&LEFT(VLOOKUP(R1,Sheet2!$A$2:$G$1138,2,FALSE) ,4)) If this post helps click Yes --------------- Jacob Skaria "Sean NWIC" wrote: How can I make them all Capital letters? "Jacob Skaria" wrote: Try =LEFT(VLOOKUP(R1,Sheet2!$A$2:$G$1138,3,FALSE),1)&" "&LEFT(VLOOKUP(R1,Sheet2!$A$2:$G$1138,2,FALSE) ,4) If this post helps click Yes --------------- Jacob Skaria "Sean NWIC" wrote: Here is my Equation In Sheet 2, column 3, is First name: i would like for only the first character of the name to come up and for the column 2, for only the first four characters to show. =VLOOKUP(R1,Sheet2!$A$2:$G$1138,3,FALSE)&" "&VLOOKUP(R1,Sheet2!$A$2:$G$1138,2,FALSE) Can you help me? :-) |
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