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Default Another combine two files question....

I am trying to manipulate data from 2 reports into one sheet.

The first report is a flat file with a unique record key. The second file
is a complicated disaster. It looks like the following:

Record Number A Apples
Record Number A Oranges
Record Number B Apples
Record Number B Peaches
Record Number C Bananas

I need it to look like:

Apples Bananas Oranges Peaches
Record Number A X X
Record Number B X X
Record Number C X

Is there a fancy formula that could help me? I can do a vlookup and pull it
in, that doesn't work for the multiple records for each record number. I
think my brain is fried€¦

Thanks!!!

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With this information
Record Number A Apples
Record Number A Oranges
Record Number B Apples
Record Number B Peaches
Record Number C Bananas
.... in A1:B5; with "Apples Bananas Oranges Peaches" headers in H2:K2;
with
Record Number A
Record Number B
Record Number C in F3:F5, use this formula and copy over and down:
=IF(SUMPRODUCT(--($F3=$A$1:$A$5),--(H$2=$B$1:$B$5))=1,"X","")

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