LinkBack Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
  #5   Report Post  
Posted to microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 2,646
Default How to find values in a list of text fields

Be careful! Yes, if you don't have leading zeros in codes in SheetB!A:B. No,
if you have!
Stefi


ezt *rta:

If I just change the formula to

=VLOOKUP(TEXT(A2,"0"),SheetB!A:B,2,FALSE)

it will handle different length text strings.
Excellent!



 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules

Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
How to find & delete a particular pattern of text from values of a Mansa Excel Discussion (Misc queries) 10 June 3rd 08 08:26 AM
EXCEL: Truncating Text Fields to allow Vlookup searches to find da burkeam1113 Excel Worksheet Functions 1 August 21st 07 03:02 AM
How to find the values from a list? Eric Excel Discussion (Misc queries) 3 December 1st 06 02:40 PM
Excel SHOULD NOT AUTO-CHANGE formated text fields to DATE FIELDS! PSSSD Excel Worksheet Functions 2 August 8th 06 09:31 PM
Assigning text values to numeric fields ab565 Excel Discussion (Misc queries) 1 August 11th 05 10:49 PM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 01:55 PM.

Powered by vBulletin® Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright 2004-2025 ExcelBanter.
The comments are property of their posters.
 

About Us

"It's about Microsoft Excel"