vlookup help
when there is different values B1 appearing in different cells in same column
for which we are using lookup function A1 then it picks only the first value from the reference sheet, is there a way to have vlookup pick the next cell value in column B1? =Vlookup(A1,B1,2,FALSE) A1 B1 AF0040 3125 3125 AF0040 3225 3125 B0045 3001 3001 B0045 3002 3001 C0074 3702 3702 C0074 3722 3702 |
The only way I can see that you could do this is to set an additional column (or columns) in your table, whereby column C of your table held the data from B (the next row) if the A cells were equal, ie - (assuming that your table has columns A and B as shown, use column C for duplicates, (and D, E, & F etc for third, fourth and fifth occurances if required) with the formula for duplicates: in cell C1 put =if($A1=$A2,B2,"") then, if required for triplicates, in cell D =if($A1=$A3,B3,"") (formula-copy these to the end of your table-data) and then use the vlookup on 3, 4, 5 and 6 etc. =Vlookup(A1,tablename,3,FALSE) or as =Vlookup(A1,A1:C999,3,FALSE) Hope this helps exceluserhelp Wrote: when there is different values B1 appearing in different cells in same column for which we are using lookup function A1 then it picks only the first value from the reference sheet, is there a way to have vlookup pick the next cell value in column B1? =Vlookup(A1,B1,2,FALSE) A1 B1 AF0040 3125 3125 AF0040 3225 3125 B0045 3001 3001 B0045 3002 3001 C0074 3702 3702 C0074 3722 3702 -- Bryan Hessey ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bryan Hessey's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=21059 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=472359 |
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