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Its very simple. I want to input text into column C I want it to search
column A to find the same value and then return the results of column B.

Column A Column B Column C
0OK7 Haskell, OK
10XS Archer City, TX
1MO0 Dearborn, MO
1ND3 Kindred, ND

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Hi Trad,

Use VLOOKUP as below:

=VLOOKUP(C1,A$1:A$4,2,FALSE)

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Shail

Trad wrote:
Its very simple. I want to input text into column C I want it to search
column A to find the same value and then return the results of column B.

Column A Column B Column C
0OK7 Haskell, OK
10XS Archer City, TX
1MO0 Dearborn, MO
1ND3 Kindred, ND

Many thanks....


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Column A Column B Column C Column D
0OK7 Haskell, OK 1ND3 =VLOOKUP(C2,A:B,2,0)
10XS Archer City, TX
1MO0 Dearborn, MO
1ND3 Kindred, ND



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"Trad" wrote:

Its very simple. I want to input text into column C I want it to search
column A to find the same value and then return the results of column B.

Column A Column B Column C
0OK7 Haskell, OK
10XS Archer City, TX
1MO0 Dearborn, MO
1ND3 Kindred, ND

Many thanks....

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If U understood correctly, U cant check if between col A & B

If so try this for ROW 2..

=if((MID(A2,2,2)=RIGHT(B2,2),"OK","NOTOK")

HTH
Joe

Trad wrote:
Its very simple. I want to input text into column C I want it to search
column A to find the same value and then return the results of column B.

Column A Column B Column C
0OK7 Haskell, OK
10XS Archer City, TX
1MO0 Dearborn, MO
1ND3 Kindred, ND

Many thanks....


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PERFECT!! Thank you so much!!

"Allllen" wrote:

Column A Column B Column C Column D
0OK7 Haskell, OK 1ND3 =VLOOKUP(C2,A:B,2,0)
10XS Archer City, TX
1MO0 Dearborn, MO
1ND3 Kindred, ND



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Allllen


"Trad" wrote:

Its very simple. I want to input text into column C I want it to search
column A to find the same value and then return the results of column B.

Column A Column B Column C
0OK7 Haskell, OK
10XS Archer City, TX
1MO0 Dearborn, MO
1ND3 Kindred, ND

Many thanks....

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