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Match forst four letters
I am working with a list of names, which includes clients and subsidiaries of
those clients, and the subsidiaries names are always slightly different, but the first four letters of each name are the same for all of these groups. So now I have the first four letters of each name, all dollars that each client has spent, in a pivot table, and now that the names are summed in the pivot table, I want to extract the full client's name so I can match it with the total amount spent. I am thinking the function will be something like this: =IF(NOT(ISERROR(LEFT(MATCH(A5:A250,C5:C250,0),4))) ,C5:C250,"") ....but this doesn't work. I'd appreciate it if someone could offer some assistance. If I derive the answer before anyone else I'll post back. Regards, Ryan--- -- RyGuy |
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You would need to put the LEFT function on the range where the lookup/match
is made =MATCH(A3,LEFT(D3:D6,4),0) as an example needs to be array entered -- Regards, Peo Sjoblom "ryguy7272" wrote in message ... I am working with a list of names, which includes clients and subsidiaries of those clients, and the subsidiaries names are always slightly different, but the first four letters of each name are the same for all of these groups. So now I have the first four letters of each name, all dollars that each client has spent, in a pivot table, and now that the names are summed in the pivot table, I want to extract the full client's name so I can match it with the total amount spent. I am thinking the function will be something like this: =IF(NOT(ISERROR(LEFT(MATCH(A5:A250,C5:C250,0),4))) ,C5:C250,"") ...but this doesn't work. I'd appreciate it if someone could offer some assistance. If I derive the answer before anyone else I'll post back. Regards, Ryan--- -- RyGuy |
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Thanks Peo, but it didn't work. When I use your function, I get a whole
bunch of #N/As when the client's name is longer than four letters and I get a '1' when the client's name is four letters or less, like 3M. I am thinking that I may need to use some version of this: =IF(C5=LEFT(A5,4),COUNTIF(C$5:C$2004,A5),"") Any suggestions as to how to modify this type of function? Thanks, Ryan--- -- RyGuy "Peo Sjoblom" wrote: You would need to put the LEFT function on the range where the lookup/match is made =MATCH(A3,LEFT(D3:D6,4),0) as an example needs to be array entered -- Regards, Peo Sjoblom "ryguy7272" wrote in message ... I am working with a list of names, which includes clients and subsidiaries of those clients, and the subsidiaries names are always slightly different, but the first four letters of each name are the same for all of these groups. So now I have the first four letters of each name, all dollars that each client has spent, in a pivot table, and now that the names are summed in the pivot table, I want to extract the full client's name so I can match it with the total amount spent. I am thinking the function will be something like this: =IF(NOT(ISERROR(LEFT(MATCH(A5:A250,C5:C250,0),4))) ,C5:C250,"") ...but this doesn't work. I'd appreciate it if someone could offer some assistance. If I derive the answer before anyone else I'll post back. Regards, Ryan--- -- RyGuy |
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How does C5 and A5 if this is TRUE?
C5=LEFT(A5,4) so C is only 4 characters? If so =IF(C5=LEFT(A5,4),COUNTIF(C$5:C$2004,"="&LEFT(A5,4 )),"") -- Regards, Peo Sjoblom "ryguy7272" wrote in message ... Thanks Peo, but it didn't work. When I use your function, I get a whole bunch of #N/As when the client's name is longer than four letters and I get a '1' when the client's name is four letters or less, like 3M. I am thinking that I may need to use some version of this: =IF(C5=LEFT(A5,4),COUNTIF(C$5:C$2004,A5),"") Any suggestions as to how to modify this type of function? Thanks, Ryan--- -- RyGuy "Peo Sjoblom" wrote: You would need to put the LEFT function on the range where the lookup/match is made =MATCH(A3,LEFT(D3:D6,4),0) as an example needs to be array entered -- Regards, Peo Sjoblom "ryguy7272" wrote in message ... I am working with a list of names, which includes clients and subsidiaries of those clients, and the subsidiaries names are always slightly different, but the first four letters of each name are the same for all of these groups. So now I have the first four letters of each name, all dollars that each client has spent, in a pivot table, and now that the names are summed in the pivot table, I want to extract the full client's name so I can match it with the total amount spent. I am thinking the function will be something like this: =IF(NOT(ISERROR(LEFT(MATCH(A5:A250,C5:C250,0),4))) ,C5:C250,"") ...but this doesn't work. I'd appreciate it if someone could offer some assistance. If I derive the answer before anyone else I'll post back. Regards, Ryan--- -- RyGuy |
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Thanks for getting back to me. I can't really tell what it is doing now. In
some cases it seems to count the number of items that match my criteria, and in other cases I can't tell how the final result is derived...even with the formula audit tool... It may be a circular reference. This is fuzzy logic; not sure what do do now. Are there are any other ideas out there? Maybe: =VLOOKUP(F5,LEFT(A5:C29,4),1) Or something like: =VLOOKUP("*"&F5,$A$5:$C$23,1) ....but that's incorrect too... -- RyGuy "Peo Sjoblom" wrote: How does C5 and A5 if this is TRUE? C5=LEFT(A5,4) so C is only 4 characters? If so =IF(C5=LEFT(A5,4),COUNTIF(C$5:C$2004,"="&LEFT(A5,4 )),"") -- Regards, Peo Sjoblom "ryguy7272" wrote in message ... Thanks Peo, but it didn't work. When I use your function, I get a whole bunch of #N/As when the client's name is longer than four letters and I get a '1' when the client's name is four letters or less, like 3M. I am thinking that I may need to use some version of this: =IF(C5=LEFT(A5,4),COUNTIF(C$5:C$2004,A5),"") Any suggestions as to how to modify this type of function? Thanks, Ryan--- -- RyGuy "Peo Sjoblom" wrote: You would need to put the LEFT function on the range where the lookup/match is made =MATCH(A3,LEFT(D3:D6,4),0) as an example needs to be array entered -- Regards, Peo Sjoblom "ryguy7272" wrote in message ... I am working with a list of names, which includes clients and subsidiaries of those clients, and the subsidiaries names are always slightly different, but the first four letters of each name are the same for all of these groups. So now I have the first four letters of each name, all dollars that each client has spent, in a pivot table, and now that the names are summed in the pivot table, I want to extract the full client's name so I can match it with the total amount spent. I am thinking the function will be something like this: =IF(NOT(ISERROR(LEFT(MATCH(A5:A250,C5:C250,0),4))) ,C5:C250,"") ...but this doesn't work. I'd appreciate it if someone could offer some assistance. If I derive the answer before anyone else I'll post back. Regards, Ryan--- -- RyGuy |
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Can you post some sample data that demonstrates what you're trying to do?
-- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "ryguy7272" wrote in message ... Thanks for getting back to me. I can't really tell what it is doing now. In some cases it seems to count the number of items that match my criteria, and in other cases I can't tell how the final result is derived...even with the formula audit tool... It may be a circular reference. This is fuzzy logic; not sure what do do now. Are there are any other ideas out there? Maybe: =VLOOKUP(F5,LEFT(A5:C29,4),1) Or something like: =VLOOKUP("*"&F5,$A$5:$C$23,1) ...but that's incorrect too... -- RyGuy "Peo Sjoblom" wrote: How does C5 and A5 if this is TRUE? C5=LEFT(A5,4) so C is only 4 characters? If so =IF(C5=LEFT(A5,4),COUNTIF(C$5:C$2004,"="&LEFT(A5,4 )),"") -- Regards, Peo Sjoblom "ryguy7272" wrote in message ... Thanks Peo, but it didn't work. When I use your function, I get a whole bunch of #N/As when the client's name is longer than four letters and I get a '1' when the client's name is four letters or less, like 3M. I am thinking that I may need to use some version of this: =IF(C5=LEFT(A5,4),COUNTIF(C$5:C$2004,A5),"") Any suggestions as to how to modify this type of function? Thanks, Ryan--- -- RyGuy "Peo Sjoblom" wrote: You would need to put the LEFT function on the range where the lookup/match is made =MATCH(A3,LEFT(D3:D6,4),0) as an example needs to be array entered -- Regards, Peo Sjoblom "ryguy7272" wrote in message ... I am working with a list of names, which includes clients and subsidiaries of those clients, and the subsidiaries names are always slightly different, but the first four letters of each name are the same for all of these groups. So now I have the first four letters of each name, all dollars that each client has spent, in a pivot table, and now that the names are summed in the pivot table, I want to extract the full client's name so I can match it with the total amount spent. I am thinking the function will be something like this: =IF(NOT(ISERROR(LEFT(MATCH(A5:A250,C5:C250,0),4))) ,C5:C250,"") ...but this doesn't work. I'd appreciate it if someone could offer some assistance. If I derive the answer before anyone else I'll post back. Regards, Ryan--- -- RyGuy |
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"Peo Sjoblom" wrote...
You would need to put the LEFT function on the range where the lookup/match is made =MATCH(A3,LEFT(D3:D6,4),0) .... If A3 had exactly 4 characters, when would this return something different than =MATCH(A3&"*",D3:D6,0) ? More robust, why not use =MATCH(LEFT(TRIM(A3),4)&"*",D3:D6,0) ? These will all return the first match, whether or not that's the match sought. |
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Ah yes, now I see it. I've done similar things many times in the past...it's
just been a loooonnnng day today... There are (at least) two solutions: =INDEX($A$5:$A$1000,MATCH(H8&"*",$A$5:$A$1000,0)) =INDEX($A$5:$A$1000,MATCH(LEFT(TRIM(H8),4)&"*",$A$ 5:$A$999,0)) (with the second giving the same results as the first because all the spaces have been trimmed from all the cells already...) Thanks everyone!! Ryan--- -- RyGuy "Harlan Grove" wrote: "Peo Sjoblom" wrote... You would need to put the LEFT function on the range where the lookup/match is made =MATCH(A3,LEFT(D3:D6,4),0) .... If A3 had exactly 4 characters, when would this return something different than =MATCH(A3&"*",D3:D6,0) ? More robust, why not use =MATCH(LEFT(TRIM(A3),4)&"*",D3:D6,0) ? These will all return the first match, whether or not that's the match sought. |
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