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vLookup but choose either of 2 columns
Hi All,
I have a scenario where I want to lookup a value in column A but would like to choose either column 4 or 5 from the resultant row in a drop down based on other criteria I know. Is something like that possible? If so is it possible to have a heading on each column to better identify which is which? How would I attempt such a manouver? Cheers Hugh |
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vLookup but choose either of 2 columns
=vlookup(b1,sheet2!a:e,if(a1="asdf",4,5),false)
Will look for a match between B1 of sheet2 column A. If A1 = "asdf", then column 4 (D) will be returned. Otherwise, column 5 (E) will be returned. You can make that if statement as complex as you want as long as it results in a number between 1 and the number of columns in that range (A:E in my example). If the expression is really complex, you could use a bunch of helper cells and then just point at the final helper cell: =vlookup(b1,sheet2!a:e,Z99,false) (z99 is that final helper cell) Hugh self taught wrote: Hi All, I have a scenario where I want to lookup a value in column A but would like to choose either column 4 or 5 from the resultant row in a drop down based on other criteria I know. Is something like that possible? If so is it possible to have a heading on each column to better identify which is which? How would I attempt such a manouver? Cheers Hugh -- Dave Peterson |
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vLookup but choose either of 2 columns
Say datalist is A1 to E20, with column headers in A1 to E1.
Lookup value to fin is in G1, and dropdown cell is F1, which contains column headers matching labels in A1 to E1: =INDEX(A2:E20,MATCH(G1,A2:A20,0),MATCH(F1,A1:E1,0) ) -- HTH, RD --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please keep all correspondence within the NewsGroup, so all may benefit ! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Hugh self taught" wrote in message ... Hi All, I have a scenario where I want to lookup a value in column A but would like to choose either column 4 or 5 from the resultant row in a drop down based on other criteria I know. Is something like that possible? If so is it possible to have a heading on each column to better identify which is which? How would I attempt such a manouver? Cheers Hugh |
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vLookup but choose either of 2 columns
Thanks Dave,
I need some shut eye now so will play with this more in the morning Cheers Hugh "Dave Peterson" wrote: =vlookup(b1,sheet2!a:e,if(a1="asdf",4,5),false) Will look for a match between B1 of sheet2 column A. If A1 = "asdf", then column 4 (D) will be returned. Otherwise, column 5 (E) will be returned. You can make that if statement as complex as you want as long as it results in a number between 1 and the number of columns in that range (A:E in my example). If the expression is really complex, you could use a bunch of helper cells and then just point at the final helper cell: =vlookup(b1,sheet2!a:e,Z99,false) (z99 is that final helper cell) Hugh self taught wrote: Hi All, I have a scenario where I want to lookup a value in column A but would like to choose either column 4 or 5 from the resultant row in a drop down based on other criteria I know. Is something like that possible? If so is it possible to have a heading on each column to better identify which is which? How would I attempt such a manouver? Cheers Hugh -- Dave Peterson |
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