Hi..

Normally for vlookup u would look for a single value. now
i want to use 2 cells to do a vlookup.
i tried looking on net ... i found something using index
and match. i didnt clear understand it.pls do tell me the
easier way out or maybe i am using a wrond approach

pls suggest
thanks

Try the following array formula, entered using CONTROL+SHIFT+ENTER...

=INDEX(RangeC,MATCH(1,(RangeA="First Lookup Value")*(RangeB="Second
Lookup Value"),0))

Note that if your lookup value is numerical, remove the quotes.

Hope this helps!


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Alex,



To match both "Joe" in Range1 and "Jones" in Range2, and return the value in
"ValueRange"



=INDEX(ValueRange, MATCH(1,(Range2="Jones")*(Range1="Joe"),0),0)



Enter as an array formula



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Hi..

Normally for vlookup u would look for a single value. now
i want to use 2 cells to do a vlookup.
i tried looking on net ... i found something using index
and match. i didnt clear understand it.pls do tell me the
easier way out or maybe i am using a wrond approach

pls suggest
thanks

hi thanks for

i tired it and it works but one problem:
here is my data
Brian Red Fire Water
Brian Blue Water Water
John red volcano Water
john blue hurricane Water


the last column is my value i got thru :
=INDEX(C1:C4,MATCH(1,(A1:A4="Brian")*(B1:B4="Blue" ),0),0)

all the values in last column comes out to be water? how
is it possible it should be water only for the 2nd case
for rest it shoudl be #n/a's??????//

am i doing anythign worng?

once again thanks a plenty

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Try the following array formula, entered using
CONTROL+SHIFT+ENTER...

=INDEX(RangeC,MATCH(1,(RangeA="First Lookup Value")*
(RangeB="Second
Lookup Value"),0))

Note that if your lookup value is numerical, remove the
quotes.

Hope this helps!


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From your last post I am guessing that column D contains your lookup
formula which has been array entered and copied down the list of data.

If this is the case then it will give "Water" as the result every time
because it performs the same calculation on the whole data list every
time. The idea behind using an array formula is that a single cell can
check a whole list of data without having to be copied down all the
rows

If you intend to copy the formula down the data in another column then
the formula could be

=IF(AND(A2="Brian",B2="blue"),+C2,"")


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D1: {=INDEX(C$1:C$4,MATCH(1,(A$1:A$4=A1)*(B$1:B$4=B1), 0),1)}

Your wrong formula must be equivalent to;
{=INDEX(C$1:C$4,MATCH(1,(A$1:A$4=A$1)*(B$1:B$4=B$2 ),0),1)}

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no htis is not what i want... i am too confused.
my simple requirement is i want to do a vlookup with 2
column values rather than with one value.

pls suggest if its feasible.
thanks again
alex
-----Original Message-----

From your last post I am guessing that column D contains
your lookup
formula which has been array entered and copied down the
list of data.

If this is the case then it will give "Water" as the
result every time
because it performs the same calculation on the whole
data list every
time. The idea behind using an array formula is that a
single cell can
check a whole list of data without having to be copied
down all the
rows

If you intend to copy the formula down the data in
another column then
the formula could be

=IF(AND(A2="Brian",B2="blue"),+C2,"")


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It's still not clear, if you want to return the values from 2 columns like
if your lookup value
is in A3 and you want to return B3 and C3, then you need to select an array
and array enter
the formula

=VLOOKUP(lookup_value,A1:C100,{2,3},0)

to be entered with ctrl + shift & enter



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"alex" wrote in message
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no htis is not what i want... i am too confused.
my simple requirement is i want to do a vlookup with 2
column values rather than with one value.

pls suggest if its feasible.
thanks again
alex
-----Original Message-----

From your last post I am guessing that column D contains
your lookup
formula which has been array entered and copied down the
list of data.

If this is the case then it will give "Water" as the
result every time
because it performs the same calculation on the whole
data list every
time. The idea behind using an array formula is that a
single cell can
check a whole list of data without having to be copied
down all the
rows

If you intend to copy the formula down the data in
another column then
the formula could be

=IF(AND(A2="Brian",B2="blue"),+C2,"")


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my lookup value is not a single value but i want 2 values
to be the "lookup_value"!
-----Original Message-----
It's still not clear, if you want to return the values
from 2 columns like
if your lookup value
is in A3 and you want to return B3 and C3, then you need
to select an array
and array enter
the formula

=VLOOKUP(lookup_value,A1:C100,{2,3},0)

to be entered with ctrl + shift & enter



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no htis is not what i want... i am too confused.
my simple requirement is i want to do a vlookup with 2
column values rather than with one value.

pls suggest if its feasible.
thanks again
alex
-----Original Message-----

From your last post I am guessing that column D contains
your lookup
formula which has been array entered and copied down the
list of data.

If this is the case then it will give "Water" as the
result every time
because it performs the same calculation on the whole
data list every
time. The idea behind using an array formula is that a
single cell can
check a whole list of data without having to be copied
down all the
rows

If you intend to copy the formula down the data in
another column then
the formula could be

=IF(AND(A2="Brian",B2="blue"),+C2,"")


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.

my lookup value is not a single value but i want 2 values
to be the "lookup_value"!

Can you provide a sample of your data?


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