Hi,
I have some data like this in excel sheet in two columns A and B. I want to
match the items in Column B with column A and if it finds any match has to
place that item in the same column but in the row where it was matched.

A B
In the diamond In the diamond
In the diamond Trench Safety
In the diamond The City
The City
The City
The City
Trench Safety

Result should be like this:

In the diamond In the diamond
In the diamond
In the diamond
The City The City
The City
The City
Trench Safety Trench Safety

It should place in the first cell only though it has multiple matching cells
in the left column as shown above.

Can i do this with some match or sort ..How can i do this

Code:
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A B C
In the diamond =IF(ROW()=MATCH(A1,A:A,FALSE),VLOOKUP(A1,$C$1:$C$3 ,1,FALSE),"") In the diamond
In the diamond =IF(ROW()=MATCH(A2,A:A,FALSE),VLOOKUP(A2,$C$1:$C$3 ,1,FALSE),"") Trench Safety
In the diamond =IF(ROW()=MATCH(A3,A:A,FALSE),VLOOKUP(A3,$C$1:$C$3 ,1,FALSE),"") The City
The City =IF(ROW()=MATCH(A4,A:A,FALSE),VLOOKUP(A4,$C$1:$C$3 ,1,FALSE),"")
The City =IF(ROW()=MATCH(A5,A:A,FALSE),VLOOKUP(A5,$C$1:$C$3 ,1,FALSE),"")
The City =IF(ROW()=MATCH(A6,A:A,FALSE),VLOOKUP(A6,$C$1:$C$3 ,1,FALSE),"")
Trench Safety =IF(ROW()=MATCH(A7,A:A,FALSE),VLOOKUP(A7,$C$1:$C$3 ,1,FALSE),"")
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The Row()=MATCH() code just tells it to put in a blank if this isn't
the first occurance of the tex in column A. I used vlookup to return
the values in column C if it mached the item in column A.

This code takes your exact input and produces your exact output...but I
don't know if it will do you what you want in reality :).


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