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This is a two part question...
Here's what I have: I have a list of product numbers in col. A. In col. O I have a list of file names that contain the product numbers as well as additional characters. I need a formula that will search col O for the first instance of the text in cell A2 and return that value. The next formula will return all instances that contain the text found in A2. Please help, I have a deadline of this evening for this and I've been wracking my brain and discussion Groups for this. Thanks so much!! |
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Sounds like this:
http://tinyurl.com/lrrpt There's a sample file included in that thread. It may not be EXACTLY right for your situation but the basic technique is what you're looking for and you can modify the formula to better suit your needs. Biff "LisaChica" wrote in message ... This is a two part question... Here's what I have: I have a list of product numbers in col. A. In col. O I have a list of file names that contain the product numbers as well as additional characters. I need a formula that will search col O for the first instance of the text in cell A2 and return that value. The next formula will return all instances that contain the text found in A2. Please help, I have a deadline of this evening for this and I've been wracking my brain and discussion Groups for this. Thanks so much!! |
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Thank you very much! I'm goin to work with this and see if I can modify it
to work for me. Been a long time since I've done this, I'm pretty rusty. Thanks so much for the help! "Biff" wrote: Sounds like this: http://tinyurl.com/lrrpt There's a sample file included in that thread. It may not be EXACTLY right for your situation but the basic technique is what you're looking for and you can modify the formula to better suit your needs. Biff "LisaChica" wrote in message ... This is a two part question... Here's what I have: I have a list of product numbers in col. A. In col. O I have a list of file names that contain the product numbers as well as additional characters. I need a formula that will search col O for the first instance of the text in cell A2 and return that value. The next formula will return all instances that contain the text found in A2. Please help, I have a deadline of this evening for this and I've been wracking my brain and discussion Groups for this. Thanks so much!! |
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If you get stuck just post back to this thread.
Biff "LisaChica" wrote in message ... Thank you very much! I'm goin to work with this and see if I can modify it to work for me. Been a long time since I've done this, I'm pretty rusty. Thanks so much for the help! "Biff" wrote: Sounds like this: http://tinyurl.com/lrrpt There's a sample file included in that thread. It may not be EXACTLY right for your situation but the basic technique is what you're looking for and you can modify the formula to better suit your needs. Biff "LisaChica" wrote in message ... This is a two part question... Here's what I have: I have a list of product numbers in col. A. In col. O I have a list of file names that contain the product numbers as well as additional characters. I need a formula that will search col O for the first instance of the text in cell A2 and return that value. The next formula will return all instances that contain the text found in A2. Please help, I have a deadline of this evening for this and I've been wracking my brain and discussion Groups for this. Thanks so much!! |
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I'm afraid I'm not quite sure what to take out and what to change. I don't
need values from the column next to, so I should take out the parts of the formula referring to that, but then I still need to search the text strings in column O for ones that contain (but not limited to EXACT) the text string from A2. I've gotten very close with: =VLOOKUP(A5,A2:O4977,15,TRUE) but I think the formula is looking to a particular row for the value.... "Biff" wrote: If you get stuck just post back to this thread. Biff "LisaChica" wrote in message ... Thank you very much! I'm goin to work with this and see if I can modify it to work for me. Been a long time since I've done this, I'm pretty rusty. Thanks so much for the help! "Biff" wrote: Sounds like this: http://tinyurl.com/lrrpt There's a sample file included in that thread. It may not be EXACTLY right for your situation but the basic technique is what you're looking for and you can modify the formula to better suit your needs. Biff "LisaChica" wrote in message ... This is a two part question... Here's what I have: I have a list of product numbers in col. A. In col. O I have a list of file names that contain the product numbers as well as additional characters. I need a formula that will search col O for the first instance of the text in cell A2 and return that value. The next formula will return all instances that contain the text found in A2. Please help, I have a deadline of this evening for this and I've been wracking my brain and discussion Groups for this. Thanks so much!! |
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I still need to search the text strings
in column O for ones that contain (but not limited to EXACT) the text string from A2. Post some examples. What is the lookup value and what values in the lookup table "match". Biff "LisaChica" wrote in message ... I'm afraid I'm not quite sure what to take out and what to change. I don't need values from the column next to, so I should take out the parts of the formula referring to that, but then I still need to search the text strings in column O for ones that contain (but not limited to EXACT) the text string from A2. I've gotten very close with: =VLOOKUP(A5,A2:O4977,15,TRUE) but I think the formula is looking to a particular row for the value.... "Biff" wrote: If you get stuck just post back to this thread. Biff "LisaChica" wrote in message ... Thank you very much! I'm goin to work with this and see if I can modify it to work for me. Been a long time since I've done this, I'm pretty rusty. Thanks so much for the help! "Biff" wrote: Sounds like this: http://tinyurl.com/lrrpt There's a sample file included in that thread. It may not be EXACTLY right for your situation but the basic technique is what you're looking for and you can modify the formula to better suit your needs. Biff "LisaChica" wrote in message ... This is a two part question... Here's what I have: I have a list of product numbers in col. A. In col. O I have a list of file names that contain the product numbers as well as additional characters. I need a formula that will search col O for the first instance of the text in cell A2 and return that value. The next formula will return all instances that contain the text found in A2. Please help, I have a deadline of this evening for this and I've been wracking my brain and discussion Groups for this. Thanks so much!! |
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Ok, let's see:
A.................O D600 DP405W_51_black_resize.jpg D600W DP405W_55_peony_resize.jpg D350 DP405Wazalea.jpg D350W DP405Wblack.jpg D360 DP405Wpeony.jpg D360W DP410W_27_wild_geranium_resize.jpg D480 DP410W_30_orchid_resize.jpg D480W DP410W_46_azalea_resize.jpg D965 DP410W_51_black_resize.jpg DP630W DP410W_55_peony_resize.jpg DP450W DP410Wazalea.jpg DP620W DP410Wblack.jpg DP640W DP410Worchid.jpg DP135W DP410Wpeony.jpg DP145W DP410Wwildgeranium.jpg DP155W DP450W_0_White.jpg DP305W DP450W_27_Wild_Geranium.jpg DP310W DP450W_51_Black.jpg DP405W DP450W_55_Peony.jpg DP410W DP630W_0_White_resize.jpg DP925W DP630W_27_WildGeranium_resize.jpg DP935W DP630W_55_Peony_resize.jpg DP770W DP630WPeony.jpg dp955w DP630WWhite.jpg dp965w DP630WWildGeranium.jpg D735 DP770W_51_Black.jpg D730 DP770W_53_French_Blue.jpg D730W DP770W_58_Willow.jpg D700 DP770W_61_French_Raspberry.jpg D750 DP925W_19_SilverGrey.jpg D750W DP925W_27_Wild_Geranium.jpg D760 DP925W_46_Azalea.jpg D970 DP925W_51_Black.jpg D980 DP925W_55_Peony.jpg D990 DP935W_19_SilverGrey.jpg This is a very small chunk of the list and I purposely selected file names that would contain the reference cell's text. I'm trying to get the first file name to come up that, for example, contains "D600" but isn't necessarily an exact match. Wow, clear as mud, huh? "Biff" wrote: I still need to search the text strings in column O for ones that contain (but not limited to EXACT) the text string from A2. Post some examples. What is the lookup value and what values in the lookup table "match". Biff "LisaChica" wrote in message ... I'm afraid I'm not quite sure what to take out and what to change. I don't need values from the column next to, so I should take out the parts of the formula referring to that, but then I still need to search the text strings in column O for ones that contain (but not limited to EXACT) the text string from A2. I've gotten very close with: =VLOOKUP(A5,A2:O4977,15,TRUE) but I think the formula is looking to a particular row for the value.... "Biff" wrote: If you get stuck just post back to this thread. Biff "LisaChica" wrote in message ... Thank you very much! I'm goin to work with this and see if I can modify it to work for me. Been a long time since I've done this, I'm pretty rusty. Thanks so much for the help! "Biff" wrote: Sounds like this: http://tinyurl.com/lrrpt There's a sample file included in that thread. It may not be EXACTLY right for your situation but the basic technique is what you're looking for and you can modify the formula to better suit your needs. Biff "LisaChica" wrote in message ... This is a two part question... Here's what I have: I have a list of product numbers in col. A. In col. O I have a list of file names that contain the product numbers as well as additional characters. I need a formula that will search col O for the first instance of the text in cell A2 and return that value. The next formula will return all instances that contain the text found in A2. Please help, I have a deadline of this evening for this and I've been wracking my brain and discussion Groups for this. Thanks so much!! |
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How about something like:
=if(a1="","",vlookup(a1&"*",sheet2!a:z,15,false)) This will pick up the the first match in column A that starts with D600 (or whatever's in A1). or If you put 480 in A1, you could use: =if(a1="","",vlookup("*"&a1&"*",sheet2!a:z,15,fals e)) to get "DP410W_30_orchid_resize.jpg" back. LisaChica wrote: Ok, let's see: A.................O D600 DP405W_51_black_resize.jpg D600W DP405W_55_peony_resize.jpg D350 DP405Wazalea.jpg D350W DP405Wblack.jpg D360 DP405Wpeony.jpg D360W DP410W_27_wild_geranium_resize.jpg D480 DP410W_30_orchid_resize.jpg D480W DP410W_46_azalea_resize.jpg D965 DP410W_51_black_resize.jpg DP630W DP410W_55_peony_resize.jpg DP450W DP410Wazalea.jpg DP620W DP410Wblack.jpg DP640W DP410Worchid.jpg DP135W DP410Wpeony.jpg DP145W DP410Wwildgeranium.jpg DP155W DP450W_0_White.jpg DP305W DP450W_27_Wild_Geranium.jpg DP310W DP450W_51_Black.jpg DP405W DP450W_55_Peony.jpg DP410W DP630W_0_White_resize.jpg DP925W DP630W_27_WildGeranium_resize.jpg DP935W DP630W_55_Peony_resize.jpg DP770W DP630WPeony.jpg dp955w DP630WWhite.jpg dp965w DP630WWildGeranium.jpg D735 DP770W_51_Black.jpg D730 DP770W_53_French_Blue.jpg D730W DP770W_58_Willow.jpg D700 DP770W_61_French_Raspberry.jpg D750 DP925W_19_SilverGrey.jpg D750W DP925W_27_Wild_Geranium.jpg D760 DP925W_46_Azalea.jpg D970 DP925W_51_Black.jpg D980 DP925W_55_Peony.jpg D990 DP935W_19_SilverGrey.jpg This is a very small chunk of the list and I purposely selected file names that would contain the reference cell's text. I'm trying to get the first file name to come up that, for example, contains "D600" but isn't necessarily an exact match. Wow, clear as mud, huh? "Biff" wrote: I still need to search the text strings in column O for ones that contain (but not limited to EXACT) the text string from A2. Post some examples. What is the lookup value and what values in the lookup table "match". Biff "LisaChica" wrote in message ... I'm afraid I'm not quite sure what to take out and what to change. I don't need values from the column next to, so I should take out the parts of the formula referring to that, but then I still need to search the text strings in column O for ones that contain (but not limited to EXACT) the text string from A2. I've gotten very close with: =VLOOKUP(A5,A2:O4977,15,TRUE) but I think the formula is looking to a particular row for the value.... "Biff" wrote: If you get stuck just post back to this thread. Biff "LisaChica" wrote in message ... Thank you very much! I'm goin to work with this and see if I can modify it to work for me. Been a long time since I've done this, I'm pretty rusty. Thanks so much for the help! "Biff" wrote: Sounds like this: http://tinyurl.com/lrrpt There's a sample file included in that thread. It may not be EXACTLY right for your situation but the basic technique is what you're looking for and you can modify the formula to better suit your needs. Biff "LisaChica" wrote in message ... This is a two part question... Here's what I have: I have a list of product numbers in col. A. In col. O I have a list of file names that contain the product numbers as well as additional characters. I need a formula that will search col O for the first instance of the text in cell A2 and return that value. The next formula will return all instances that contain the text found in A2. Please help, I have a deadline of this evening for this and I've been wracking my brain and discussion Groups for this. Thanks so much!! -- Dave Peterson |
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Wow, clear as mud, huh?
Yuck! Ok here's what I see: The values in column A have some letters and a 3 digit number. So, my guess is that you're only interested in the 3 digit number. So, the lookup value is: A1 = 600 The file names also start with some letters and a 3 digit number. So, my guess is that you want file names in the 600 series. These are the "matches" as I "see 'em": DP630W_0_White_resize.jpg DP630W_27_WildGeranium_resize.jpg DP630W_55_Peony_resize.jpg DP630WPeony.jpg DP630WWhite.jpg DP630WWildGeranium.jpg Is this correct? Biff "LisaChica" wrote in message ... Ok, let's see: A.................O D600 DP405W_51_black_resize.jpg D600W DP405W_55_peony_resize.jpg D350 DP405Wazalea.jpg D350W DP405Wblack.jpg D360 DP405Wpeony.jpg D360W DP410W_27_wild_geranium_resize.jpg D480 DP410W_30_orchid_resize.jpg D480W DP410W_46_azalea_resize.jpg D965 DP410W_51_black_resize.jpg DP630W DP410W_55_peony_resize.jpg DP450W DP410Wazalea.jpg DP620W DP410Wblack.jpg DP640W DP410Worchid.jpg DP135W DP410Wpeony.jpg DP145W DP410Wwildgeranium.jpg DP155W DP450W_0_White.jpg DP305W DP450W_27_Wild_Geranium.jpg DP310W DP450W_51_Black.jpg DP405W DP450W_55_Peony.jpg DP410W DP630W_0_White_resize.jpg DP925W DP630W_27_WildGeranium_resize.jpg DP935W DP630W_55_Peony_resize.jpg DP770W DP630WPeony.jpg dp955w DP630WWhite.jpg dp965w DP630WWildGeranium.jpg D735 DP770W_51_Black.jpg D730 DP770W_53_French_Blue.jpg D730W DP770W_58_Willow.jpg D700 DP770W_61_French_Raspberry.jpg D750 DP925W_19_SilverGrey.jpg D750W DP925W_27_Wild_Geranium.jpg D760 DP925W_46_Azalea.jpg D970 DP925W_51_Black.jpg D980 DP925W_55_Peony.jpg D990 DP935W_19_SilverGrey.jpg This is a very small chunk of the list and I purposely selected file names that would contain the reference cell's text. I'm trying to get the first file name to come up that, for example, contains "D600" but isn't necessarily an exact match. Wow, clear as mud, huh? "Biff" wrote: I still need to search the text strings in column O for ones that contain (but not limited to EXACT) the text string from A2. Post some examples. What is the lookup value and what values in the lookup table "match". Biff "LisaChica" wrote in message ... I'm afraid I'm not quite sure what to take out and what to change. I don't need values from the column next to, so I should take out the parts of the formula referring to that, but then I still need to search the text strings in column O for ones that contain (but not limited to EXACT) the text string from A2. I've gotten very close with: =VLOOKUP(A5,A2:O4977,15,TRUE) but I think the formula is looking to a particular row for the value.... "Biff" wrote: If you get stuck just post back to this thread. Biff "LisaChica" wrote in message ... Thank you very much! I'm goin to work with this and see if I can modify it to work for me. Been a long time since I've done this, I'm pretty rusty. Thanks so much for the help! "Biff" wrote: Sounds like this: http://tinyurl.com/lrrpt There's a sample file included in that thread. It may not be EXACTLY right for your situation but the basic technique is what you're looking for and you can modify the formula to better suit your needs. Biff "LisaChica" wrote in message ... This is a two part question... Here's what I have: I have a list of product numbers in col. A. In col. O I have a list of file names that contain the product numbers as well as additional characters. I need a formula that will search col O for the first instance of the text in cell A2 and return that value. The next formula will return all instances that contain the text found in A2. Please help, I have a deadline of this evening for this and I've been wracking my brain and discussion Groups for this. Thanks so much!! |
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Actually, its more along the lines of A20=DP410W so my cell would come back
with a value of DP410W_27_wild_geranium_resize.jpg yeah this is a weird one... i really appreciate the help... "Biff" wrote: Wow, clear as mud, huh? Yuck! Ok here's what I see: The values in column A have some letters and a 3 digit number. So, my guess is that you're only interested in the 3 digit number. So, the lookup value is: A1 = 600 The file names also start with some letters and a 3 digit number. So, my guess is that you want file names in the 600 series. These are the "matches" as I "see 'em": DP630W_0_White_resize.jpg DP630W_27_WildGeranium_resize.jpg DP630W_55_Peony_resize.jpg DP630WPeony.jpg DP630WWhite.jpg DP630WWildGeranium.jpg Is this correct? Biff "LisaChica" wrote in message ... Ok, let's see: A.................O D600 DP405W_51_black_resize.jpg D600W DP405W_55_peony_resize.jpg D350 DP405Wazalea.jpg D350W DP405Wblack.jpg D360 DP405Wpeony.jpg D360W DP410W_27_wild_geranium_resize.jpg D480 DP410W_30_orchid_resize.jpg D480W DP410W_46_azalea_resize.jpg D965 DP410W_51_black_resize.jpg DP630W DP410W_55_peony_resize.jpg DP450W DP410Wazalea.jpg DP620W DP410Wblack.jpg DP640W DP410Worchid.jpg DP135W DP410Wpeony.jpg DP145W DP410Wwildgeranium.jpg DP155W DP450W_0_White.jpg DP305W DP450W_27_Wild_Geranium.jpg DP310W DP450W_51_Black.jpg DP405W DP450W_55_Peony.jpg DP410W DP630W_0_White_resize.jpg DP925W DP630W_27_WildGeranium_resize.jpg DP935W DP630W_55_Peony_resize.jpg DP770W DP630WPeony.jpg dp955w DP630WWhite.jpg dp965w DP630WWildGeranium.jpg D735 DP770W_51_Black.jpg D730 DP770W_53_French_Blue.jpg D730W DP770W_58_Willow.jpg D700 DP770W_61_French_Raspberry.jpg D750 DP925W_19_SilverGrey.jpg D750W DP925W_27_Wild_Geranium.jpg D760 DP925W_46_Azalea.jpg D970 DP925W_51_Black.jpg D980 DP925W_55_Peony.jpg D990 DP935W_19_SilverGrey.jpg This is a very small chunk of the list and I purposely selected file names that would contain the reference cell's text. I'm trying to get the first file name to come up that, for example, contains "D600" but isn't necessarily an exact match. Wow, clear as mud, huh? "Biff" wrote: I still need to search the text strings in column O for ones that contain (but not limited to EXACT) the text string from A2. Post some examples. What is the lookup value and what values in the lookup table "match". Biff "LisaChica" wrote in message ... I'm afraid I'm not quite sure what to take out and what to change. I don't need values from the column next to, so I should take out the parts of the formula referring to that, but then I still need to search the text strings in column O for ones that contain (but not limited to EXACT) the text string from A2. I've gotten very close with: =VLOOKUP(A5,A2:O4977,15,TRUE) but I think the formula is looking to a particular row for the value.... "Biff" wrote: If you get stuck just post back to this thread. Biff "LisaChica" wrote in message ... Thank you very much! I'm goin to work with this and see if I can modify it to work for me. Been a long time since I've done this, I'm pretty rusty. Thanks so much for the help! "Biff" wrote: Sounds like this: http://tinyurl.com/lrrpt There's a sample file included in that thread. It may not be EXACTLY right for your situation but the basic technique is what you're looking for and you can modify the formula to better suit your needs. Biff "LisaChica" wrote in message ... This is a two part question... Here's what I have: I have a list of product numbers in col. A. In col. O I have a list of file names that contain the product numbers as well as additional characters. I need a formula that will search col O for the first instance of the text in cell A2 and return that value. The next formula will return all instances that contain the text found in A2. Please help, I have a deadline of this evening for this and I've been wracking my brain and discussion Groups for this. Thanks so much!! |
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Ok........
A20 = lookup value = DP410W =INDEX(O2:O36,MATCH("*"&A20&"*",O2:O36,0)) returns: DP410W_27_wild_geranium_resize.jpg Biff "LisaChica" wrote in message ... Actually, its more along the lines of A20=DP410W so my cell would come back with a value of DP410W_27_wild_geranium_resize.jpg yeah this is a weird one... i really appreciate the help... "Biff" wrote: Wow, clear as mud, huh? Yuck! Ok here's what I see: The values in column A have some letters and a 3 digit number. So, my guess is that you're only interested in the 3 digit number. So, the lookup value is: A1 = 600 The file names also start with some letters and a 3 digit number. So, my guess is that you want file names in the 600 series. These are the "matches" as I "see 'em": DP630W_0_White_resize.jpg DP630W_27_WildGeranium_resize.jpg DP630W_55_Peony_resize.jpg DP630WPeony.jpg DP630WWhite.jpg DP630WWildGeranium.jpg Is this correct? Biff "LisaChica" wrote in message ... Ok, let's see: A.................O D600 DP405W_51_black_resize.jpg D600W DP405W_55_peony_resize.jpg D350 DP405Wazalea.jpg D350W DP405Wblack.jpg D360 DP405Wpeony.jpg D360W DP410W_27_wild_geranium_resize.jpg D480 DP410W_30_orchid_resize.jpg D480W DP410W_46_azalea_resize.jpg D965 DP410W_51_black_resize.jpg DP630W DP410W_55_peony_resize.jpg DP450W DP410Wazalea.jpg DP620W DP410Wblack.jpg DP640W DP410Worchid.jpg DP135W DP410Wpeony.jpg DP145W DP410Wwildgeranium.jpg DP155W DP450W_0_White.jpg DP305W DP450W_27_Wild_Geranium.jpg DP310W DP450W_51_Black.jpg DP405W DP450W_55_Peony.jpg DP410W DP630W_0_White_resize.jpg DP925W DP630W_27_WildGeranium_resize.jpg DP935W DP630W_55_Peony_resize.jpg DP770W DP630WPeony.jpg dp955w DP630WWhite.jpg dp965w DP630WWildGeranium.jpg D735 DP770W_51_Black.jpg D730 DP770W_53_French_Blue.jpg D730W DP770W_58_Willow.jpg D700 DP770W_61_French_Raspberry.jpg D750 DP925W_19_SilverGrey.jpg D750W DP925W_27_Wild_Geranium.jpg D760 DP925W_46_Azalea.jpg D970 DP925W_51_Black.jpg D980 DP925W_55_Peony.jpg D990 DP935W_19_SilverGrey.jpg This is a very small chunk of the list and I purposely selected file names that would contain the reference cell's text. I'm trying to get the first file name to come up that, for example, contains "D600" but isn't necessarily an exact match. Wow, clear as mud, huh? "Biff" wrote: I still need to search the text strings in column O for ones that contain (but not limited to EXACT) the text string from A2. Post some examples. What is the lookup value and what values in the lookup table "match". Biff "LisaChica" wrote in message ... I'm afraid I'm not quite sure what to take out and what to change. I don't need values from the column next to, so I should take out the parts of the formula referring to that, but then I still need to search the text strings in column O for ones that contain (but not limited to EXACT) the text string from A2. I've gotten very close with: =VLOOKUP(A5,A2:O4977,15,TRUE) but I think the formula is looking to a particular row for the value.... "Biff" wrote: If you get stuck just post back to this thread. Biff "LisaChica" wrote in message ... Thank you very much! I'm goin to work with this and see if I can modify it to work for me. Been a long time since I've done this, I'm pretty rusty. Thanks so much for the help! "Biff" wrote: Sounds like this: http://tinyurl.com/lrrpt There's a sample file included in that thread. It may not be EXACTLY right for your situation but the basic technique is what you're looking for and you can modify the formula to better suit your needs. Biff "LisaChica" wrote in message ... This is a two part question... Here's what I have: I have a list of product numbers in col. A. In col. O I have a list of file names that contain the product numbers as well as additional characters. I need a formula that will search col O for the first instance of the text in cell A2 and return that value. The next formula will return all instances that contain the text found in A2. Please help, I have a deadline of this evening for this and I've been wracking my brain and discussion Groups for this. Thanks so much!! |
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Search for first instance of text & return the value
OMG!!!! That worked! You are the bomb, thank you so much for making my life
a whole lot easier! "Biff" wrote: Ok........ A20 = lookup value = DP410W =INDEX(O2:O36,MATCH("*"&A20&"*",O2:O36,0)) returns: DP410W_27_wild_geranium_resize.jpg Biff "LisaChica" wrote in message ... Actually, its more along the lines of A20=DP410W so my cell would come back with a value of DP410W_27_wild_geranium_resize.jpg yeah this is a weird one... i really appreciate the help... "Biff" wrote: Wow, clear as mud, huh? Yuck! Ok here's what I see: The values in column A have some letters and a 3 digit number. So, my guess is that you're only interested in the 3 digit number. So, the lookup value is: A1 = 600 The file names also start with some letters and a 3 digit number. So, my guess is that you want file names in the 600 series. These are the "matches" as I "see 'em": DP630W_0_White_resize.jpg DP630W_27_WildGeranium_resize.jpg DP630W_55_Peony_resize.jpg DP630WPeony.jpg DP630WWhite.jpg DP630WWildGeranium.jpg Is this correct? Biff "LisaChica" wrote in message ... Ok, let's see: A.................O D600 DP405W_51_black_resize.jpg D600W DP405W_55_peony_resize.jpg D350 DP405Wazalea.jpg D350W DP405Wblack.jpg D360 DP405Wpeony.jpg D360W DP410W_27_wild_geranium_resize.jpg D480 DP410W_30_orchid_resize.jpg D480W DP410W_46_azalea_resize.jpg D965 DP410W_51_black_resize.jpg DP630W DP410W_55_peony_resize.jpg DP450W DP410Wazalea.jpg DP620W DP410Wblack.jpg DP640W DP410Worchid.jpg DP135W DP410Wpeony.jpg DP145W DP410Wwildgeranium.jpg DP155W DP450W_0_White.jpg DP305W DP450W_27_Wild_Geranium.jpg DP310W DP450W_51_Black.jpg DP405W DP450W_55_Peony.jpg DP410W DP630W_0_White_resize.jpg DP925W DP630W_27_WildGeranium_resize.jpg DP935W DP630W_55_Peony_resize.jpg DP770W DP630WPeony.jpg dp955w DP630WWhite.jpg dp965w DP630WWildGeranium.jpg D735 DP770W_51_Black.jpg D730 DP770W_53_French_Blue.jpg D730W DP770W_58_Willow.jpg D700 DP770W_61_French_Raspberry.jpg D750 DP925W_19_SilverGrey.jpg D750W DP925W_27_Wild_Geranium.jpg D760 DP925W_46_Azalea.jpg D970 DP925W_51_Black.jpg D980 DP925W_55_Peony.jpg D990 DP935W_19_SilverGrey.jpg This is a very small chunk of the list and I purposely selected file names that would contain the reference cell's text. I'm trying to get the first file name to come up that, for example, contains "D600" but isn't necessarily an exact match. Wow, clear as mud, huh? "Biff" wrote: I still need to search the text strings in column O for ones that contain (but not limited to EXACT) the text string from A2. Post some examples. What is the lookup value and what values in the lookup table "match". Biff "LisaChica" wrote in message ... I'm afraid I'm not quite sure what to take out and what to change. I don't need values from the column next to, so I should take out the parts of the formula referring to that, but then I still need to search the text strings in column O for ones that contain (but not limited to EXACT) the text string from A2. I've gotten very close with: =VLOOKUP(A5,A2:O4977,15,TRUE) but I think the formula is looking to a particular row for the value.... "Biff" wrote: If you get stuck just post back to this thread. Biff "LisaChica" wrote in message ... Thank you very much! I'm goin to work with this and see if I can modify it to work for me. Been a long time since I've done this, I'm pretty rusty. Thanks so much for the help! "Biff" wrote: Sounds like this: http://tinyurl.com/lrrpt There's a sample file included in that thread. It may not be EXACTLY right for your situation but the basic technique is what you're looking for and you can modify the formula to better suit your needs. Biff "LisaChica" wrote in message ... This is a two part question... Here's what I have: I have a list of product numbers in col. A. In col. O I have a list of file names that contain the product numbers as well as additional characters. I need a formula that will search col O for the first instance of the text in cell A2 and return that value. The next formula will return all instances that contain the text found in A2. Please help, I have a deadline of this evening for this and I've been wracking my brain and discussion Groups for this. Thanks so much!! |
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Search for first instance of text & return the value
Turned out to be a lot easier than where I thought it was leading!
Thanks for the feedback! Biff "LisaChica" wrote in message ... OMG!!!! That worked! You are the bomb, thank you so much for making my life a whole lot easier! "Biff" wrote: Ok........ A20 = lookup value = DP410W =INDEX(O2:O36,MATCH("*"&A20&"*",O2:O36,0)) returns: DP410W_27_wild_geranium_resize.jpg Biff "LisaChica" wrote in message ... Actually, its more along the lines of A20=DP410W so my cell would come back with a value of DP410W_27_wild_geranium_resize.jpg yeah this is a weird one... i really appreciate the help... "Biff" wrote: Wow, clear as mud, huh? Yuck! Ok here's what I see: The values in column A have some letters and a 3 digit number. So, my guess is that you're only interested in the 3 digit number. So, the lookup value is: A1 = 600 The file names also start with some letters and a 3 digit number. So, my guess is that you want file names in the 600 series. These are the "matches" as I "see 'em": DP630W_0_White_resize.jpg DP630W_27_WildGeranium_resize.jpg DP630W_55_Peony_resize.jpg DP630WPeony.jpg DP630WWhite.jpg DP630WWildGeranium.jpg Is this correct? Biff "LisaChica" wrote in message ... Ok, let's see: A.................O D600 DP405W_51_black_resize.jpg D600W DP405W_55_peony_resize.jpg D350 DP405Wazalea.jpg D350W DP405Wblack.jpg D360 DP405Wpeony.jpg D360W DP410W_27_wild_geranium_resize.jpg D480 DP410W_30_orchid_resize.jpg D480W DP410W_46_azalea_resize.jpg D965 DP410W_51_black_resize.jpg DP630W DP410W_55_peony_resize.jpg DP450W DP410Wazalea.jpg DP620W DP410Wblack.jpg DP640W DP410Worchid.jpg DP135W DP410Wpeony.jpg DP145W DP410Wwildgeranium.jpg DP155W DP450W_0_White.jpg DP305W DP450W_27_Wild_Geranium.jpg DP310W DP450W_51_Black.jpg DP405W DP450W_55_Peony.jpg DP410W DP630W_0_White_resize.jpg DP925W DP630W_27_WildGeranium_resize.jpg DP935W DP630W_55_Peony_resize.jpg DP770W DP630WPeony.jpg dp955w DP630WWhite.jpg dp965w DP630WWildGeranium.jpg D735 DP770W_51_Black.jpg D730 DP770W_53_French_Blue.jpg D730W DP770W_58_Willow.jpg D700 DP770W_61_French_Raspberry.jpg D750 DP925W_19_SilverGrey.jpg D750W DP925W_27_Wild_Geranium.jpg D760 DP925W_46_Azalea.jpg D970 DP925W_51_Black.jpg D980 DP925W_55_Peony.jpg D990 DP935W_19_SilverGrey.jpg This is a very small chunk of the list and I purposely selected file names that would contain the reference cell's text. I'm trying to get the first file name to come up that, for example, contains "D600" but isn't necessarily an exact match. Wow, clear as mud, huh? "Biff" wrote: I still need to search the text strings in column O for ones that contain (but not limited to EXACT) the text string from A2. Post some examples. What is the lookup value and what values in the lookup table "match". Biff "LisaChica" wrote in message ... I'm afraid I'm not quite sure what to take out and what to change. I don't need values from the column next to, so I should take out the parts of the formula referring to that, but then I still need to search the text strings in column O for ones that contain (but not limited to EXACT) the text string from A2. I've gotten very close with: =VLOOKUP(A5,A2:O4977,15,TRUE) but I think the formula is looking to a particular row for the value.... "Biff" wrote: If you get stuck just post back to this thread. Biff "LisaChica" wrote in message ... Thank you very much! I'm goin to work with this and see if I can modify it to work for me. Been a long time since I've done this, I'm pretty rusty. Thanks so much for the help! "Biff" wrote: Sounds like this: http://tinyurl.com/lrrpt There's a sample file included in that thread. It may not be EXACTLY right for your situation but the basic technique is what you're looking for and you can modify the formula to better suit your needs. Biff "LisaChica" wrote in message ... This is a two part question... Here's what I have: I have a list of product numbers in col. A. In col. O I have a list of file names that contain the product numbers as well as additional characters. I need a formula that will search col O for the first instance of the text in cell A2 and return that value. The next formula will return all instances that contain the text found in A2. Please help, I have a deadline of this evening for this and I've been wracking my brain and discussion Groups for this. Thanks so much!! |
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