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I have sheet1 that has:
CompanyName SellTo xzy company 1234 abc comany 4567 And sheet2 that has just company: Company xyz rutter abc I am trying to do something like a vlookup but this is with names from the second sheet that fit into the first sheet. I understand that I may be able to use the find function but I am not familiar with it. What it is I am trying to do is find all the words in the cell in sheet 2 that match sheet 1's, but they will not be exact because sheet 1 may have more text. Almost like in access (Like "*" & 'xyz' &"*") but in this case it would be cell 'a1' instead of xyz. Any help or guidance would be appreciated... -- Message posted via OfficeKB.com http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forums.a...mming/200607/1 |
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Perhaps this formula (array entered - you must hit Control+Shift+Enter after
keying it into the formula bar) Where Sheet1!A2:B4 contains the data table (abc company, etc), and A2 contains the short name you are trying to look up (abc). Adjust ranges as needed. =INDEX(Sheet1!B$2:B$4,MATCH(TRUE,ISNUMBER(FIND(A2, Sheet1!A$2:A$4)),0)) "rollover99 via OfficeKB.com" wrote: I have sheet1 that has: CompanyName SellTo xzy company 1234 abc comany 4567 And sheet2 that has just company: Company xyz rutter abc I am trying to do something like a vlookup but this is with names from the second sheet that fit into the first sheet. I understand that I may be able to use the find function but I am not familiar with it. What it is I am trying to do is find all the words in the cell in sheet 2 that match sheet 1's, but they will not be exact because sheet 1 may have more text. Almost like in access (Like "*" & 'xyz' &"*") but in this case it would be cell 'a1' instead of xyz. Any help or guidance would be appreciated... -- Message posted via OfficeKB.com http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forums.a...mming/200607/1 |
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The end result on sheet2 is:
Company name SellTo abc 1234 xyz 4567 This is using the company name from sheet2, find it in sheet 1 and return the SellTo number to the cell. What I am getting now is an #N/A error. I know there are many that match. They are both sorted A to Z. Also can you define a name for the data say "Sheet1!A$2:A$959" is "t" and place that instead? I used =INDEX(Sheet1!B$2:B$887,MATCH(TRUE,ISNUMBER(FIND(A 2,Sheet1!A$2:A$959)),0)) Sheet1!B$2:B$887 = (This is the nuber column) Sheet1!A$2:A$959 = (This is the long name) A2 = (This is the short name) -- Message posted via OfficeKB.com http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forums.a...mming/200607/1 |
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I have worked through some of this and changed a few things but i need the
formula to recognize all of the short named data into the total comapany name. =INDEX($A$1:$B$960,MATCH(D3,$B$1:$B$960,0),MATCH($ E$1,$1:$1,-1)) yes i did remove the sheets out and this works but only on an exact match -- Message posted via http://www.officekb.com |
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You are sure that after you typed or pasted the formula into the formula bar,
you hit Control+Shift+Enter. Also, FIND is case sensitive. If that is the issue change FIND to SEARCH. Two other things. You will get an error if the match is in a row past 887, because Sheet1!B$2:B$887 does not have anything past row 887 and the Match criteria is to Sheet1!A$2:A$959. Also, I noticed that if A2 is empty, the formula will return the first value in the range. Apparently Search and Find will return a match for an empty cell. So, I would check A2 to see if it's blank before doing the lookup. =IF(A2="","",INDEX(Sheet1!B$2:B$887,MATCH(TRUE,ISN UMBER(SEARCH(A2,Sheet1!A$2:A$959)),0))) "rollover99 via OfficeKB.com" wrote: The end result on sheet2 is: Company name SellTo abc 1234 xyz 4567 This is using the company name from sheet2, find it in sheet 1 and return the SellTo number to the cell. What I am getting now is an #N/A error. I know there are many that match. They are both sorted A to Z. Also can you define a name for the data say "Sheet1!A$2:A$959" is "t" and place that instead? I used =INDEX(Sheet1!B$2:B$887,MATCH(TRUE,ISNUMBER(FIND(A 2,Sheet1!A$2:A$959)),0)) Sheet1!B$2:B$887 = (This is the nuber column) Sheet1!A$2:A$959 = (This is the long name) A2 = (This is the short name) -- Message posted via OfficeKB.com http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forums.a...mming/200607/1 |
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