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May 4th, 2010, 03:49 AM
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Vlookup and match part of text in a cell
Hi, I am trying to match text in an array that may not be exact match in the
cell and return the value in the adjacent column. example: look up "today" in the array that has "today is the 3rd" and then return the value next to this. Seems simple, but I can not work this out. I 've looked through the discussions and can not seem to find the appropriate answer. 
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May 4th, 2010, 04:04 AM
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Vlookup and match part of text in a cell
=VLOOKUP("Today*",$A:$D,2,FALSE)
-- Regards Dave Hawley www.ozgrid.com "Joe Phan" wrote in message news  Hi, I am trying to match text in an array that may not be exact match in the cell and return the value in the adjacent column. example: look up "today" in the array that has "today is the 3rd" and then return the value next to this. Seems simple, but I can not work this out. I 've looked through the discussions and can not seem to find the appropriate answer.
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May 4th, 2010, 04:11 AM
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Vlookup and match part of text in a cell
You could try something fuzzy like this:
=VLOOKUP("*"&E2&"*",B2:C100,2,0) where lookup value is in E2, eg: today the lookup col is col B and the return is from col C Any good? hit the YES below -- Max Singapore --- "Joe Phan" wrote: Hi, I am trying to match text in an array that may not be exact match in the cell and return the value in the adjacent column. example: look up "today" in the array that has "today is the 3rd" and then return the value next to this. Seems simple, but I can not work this out. I 've looked through the discussions and can not seem to find the appropriate answer.
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May 4th, 2010, 04:11 AM
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Vlookup and match part of text in a cell
For this type of lookup you can use wildcards.
=VLOOKUP("*today*",A2:B10,2,0) Or, using cell to hold the lookup value: D2 = lookup value = today =VLOOKUP("*"&D2&"*",A2:B10,2,0) -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Joe Phan" wrote in message news Hi, I am trying to match text in an array that may not be exact match in the cell and return the value in the adjacent column. example: look up "today" in the array that has "today is the 3rd" and then return the value next to this. Seems simple, but I can not work this out. I 've looked through the discussions and can not seem to find the appropriate answer.
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