match number in a string of numbers

I have a column of 5 digit numbers, the first 3 digits are an item code and
the last 2 identify which customer it is going to. In an adjacent column I
have the quantity of the product is being pulled by the customer.

How do I lookup the last 2 digits, to identify the customer, and get the
quantity that is being pulled without having to go through the sheet of
hundreds of different orders?

I am stuck.

Let's say you order numbers are in column A and amounts are in column B. In
C1 enter

=RIGHT(A1,2) and copy down. This will display your customer id.

Next pull_down:

Data > Filter > Autofilter This will permit you to select any particular
customer id and view only that customer's rows of data.
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Gary''s Student


"cmoore" wrote:

> I have a column of 5 digit numbers, the first 3 digits are an item code and
> the last 2 identify which customer it is going to. In an adjacent column I
> have the quantity of the product is being pulled by the customer.
>
> How do I lookup the last 2 digits, to identify the customer, and get the
> quantity that is being pulled without having to go through the sheet of
> hundreds of different orders?
>
> I am stuck.

You could combine the SUMPRODUCT and RIGHT functions.

In C2

=SUMPRODUCT((RIGHT(A1:A500,2)*1=Your customer ID)*(B1:B500))

If you also need to incorporate the product number then:

=SUMPRODUCT((RIGHT(A1:A500,2)*1=Your customer ID)*(LEFT(A1:A500,3)*1=Your Product number)*(B1:B500))

Does that help?


Steve

This will total quantity for customer 44

=SUMPRODUCT(--(RIGHT(A2:A10,2)="44"),--(B2:B10))

HTH

"cmoore" wrote:

> I have a column of 5 digit numbers, the first 3 digits are an item code and
> the last 2 identify which customer it is going to. In an adjacent column I
> have the quantity of the product is being pulled by the customer.
>
> How do I lookup the last 2 digits, to identify the customer, and get the
> quantity that is being pulled without having to go through the sheet of
> hundreds of different orders?
>
> I am stuck.