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Lookup (V or H) are for values, Anything for Text?!
Hi,
I know you can use VLOOKUP or HLOOKUP to search for value and return whatever. What if you want to search for text and return value? Mike |
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Lookup (V or H) are for values, Anything for Text?!
Hi Mike
Text is value and value is whatever, no problem. VLOOKUP and HLOOKUP finds text. HTH. Best wishes Harald "Mike" wrote in message ... Hi, I know you can use VLOOKUP or HLOOKUP to search for value and return whatever. What if you want to search for text and return value? Mike |
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Lookup (V or H) are for values, Anything for Text?!
Mike,
V and HLookup will lookup whatever you specify as the lookup value and likewise return either text or numeric data from the lookup range. If you mean you want the lookup to return a numeric value after it finds text then that's probably dooable with some combination of formulae but you will need to be more specific. Mike "Mike" wrote: Hi, I know you can use VLOOKUP or HLOOKUP to search for value and return whatever. What if you want to search for text and return value? Mike . |
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Lookup (V or H) are for values, Anything for Text?!
VLOOKUP and HLOOKUP can lookup text values and return text values.
They are in no way restricted to numeric data. Cordially, Chip Pearson Microsoft MVP 1998 - 2010 Pearson Software Consulting, LLC www.cpearson.com [email on web site] On Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:27:25 -0800 (PST), Mike wrote: Hi, I know you can use VLOOKUP or HLOOKUP to search for value and return whatever. What if you want to search for text and return value? Mike |
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Lookup (V or H) are for values, Anything for Text?!
Maybe you're not used to specifying the 4th parm.
=vlookup(a1,sheet2!a:e,4,false) That false (or 0) tells excel to look for an exact match. And it works with either text or numbers. Mike wrote: Hi, I know you can use VLOOKUP or HLOOKUP to search for value and return whatever. What if you want to search for text and return value? Mike -- Dave Peterson |
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