Hi All,
Average Excel user at best and wonder if someone can help!
What I'm trying to do is:
I have a download from an accounting software in Excel and I'm trying to do a lookup but instead of =vlookup(A1,'filename'!$A:$Z,2,false) I want it to work if A1 appears in the first 8 character of 'filname'!$A:$Z,2,false. (A1 is 123 lookup file cell is 123 abcdef)
Does that make sense or can it be done?
Thanks
Maybe
=Vlookup(A1&"*",'filename'!$A:$Z,2,false)
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Can you be more specific about your data table? Is the value you want to look up in Column A? or anywhere between A and Z? If in A, try this
=INDEX(filename!$B:$B,MATCH(A1&"*",filename!$A:$A,0))
Does that work for you?
ChemistB
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