Hello.

I used Excel to import a Text file from an Oracle dbase. In rows are
expenses by dept and in columns are $ by year. I specified the original data
as Fixed Width and created 21 column breaks (at 21 specified widths after
MUCH trial & error to not drop negative signs from $ amounts for when I
import the new data each month).

My Vlookups have worked perfectly for shorter expense names. However, when
column breaks forced lengthy expense names to wrap to a new row, the $ amount
for that dept and that year stayed on the previous row. I cannot do a VLookup
to that first row, because the expense name in that row is repeated many
times in the sheet. I need to somehow 'look up' both values in two adjacent
cells-rows and then return the value that's in the first of the 2 rows.

The worksheet called "Data" (with 3200 rows, 25 columns of data). I have
created VLookups in the other sheet called "Report" to pull in various
Expense descriptions by year.


A B C
2007 2008 (this is row 1)
Dept A
Expense 1 10 70
Expense 2 20 25

Adjustments to Plan
Dept A 27 50


Dept B
Expense 3 20 20
Expense 4 12 18

Adjustments to Plan
Dept B 9 16


To get the 2008 Expense 4 for Dept B, on my sheet called "Report" I simply
create a Vlookup to A1:C15, and indeed the value 18 is returned.

How do I create a VLookup to A1:A15 that will 'look up' both Cell A15 AND
Cell A16, then reference column # 3 to return the desired value, which is 16?

I have spent much time on your wonderful site (and almost always find
answers I seek!), but today I haven't had luck. I am hoping you can please
help. Thank you.