hello team...
i would like to ask the forum for advice. i hope this makes sense....
in the lookup function listed below, it only produces a result for the first exact macth. well, what if the data i am searching on could result in multiple results?
i would like advise on how to modify this formula to bring back the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc instance of a match in the lookup array.
the original formula , i found on this site, allows you to combine multiple cells to create a unique reference, and then search in another table containing columns of those combined cells, and results in the intersection of a row and column and that is the data you want returned ....
kind of like a hlookup, but you can use one or more cells to create the unique lookup, and bring back whatever column you want (where as a hlookup is limited to searching the left most column and bring back a column to the left)
here is the formula:
{=INDEX(data to retrieve,MATCH(cell1&cell2,table to find cell1 in&table to find cell2 in,0))}
"data to retrieve" is an array of one column containing the data you want to retrieve
"cell1&cell2" is a combination of cells to make the unique lookup (this could just be one cell if you wanted)
"table to find cell1 in&table to find cell2 in" is a table array to look in to find the look up value
if i have not been clear enough, please advise also, so i can try to identify the situation better....
thank you very much!!!
i would like to ask the forum for advice. i hope this makes sense....
in the lookup function listed below, it only produces a result for the first exact macth. well, what if the data i am searching on could result in multiple results?
i would like advise on how to modify this formula to bring back the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc instance of a match in the lookup array.
the original formula , i found on this site, allows you to combine multiple cells to create a unique reference, and then search in another table containing columns of those combined cells, and results in the intersection of a row and column and that is the data you want returned ....
kind of like a hlookup, but you can use one or more cells to create the unique lookup, and bring back whatever column you want (where as a hlookup is limited to searching the left most column and bring back a column to the left)
here is the formula:
{=INDEX(data to retrieve,MATCH(cell1&cell2,table to find cell1 in&table to find cell2 in,0))}
"data to retrieve" is an array of one column containing the data you want to retrieve
"cell1&cell2" is a combination of cells to make the unique lookup (this could just be one cell if you wanted)
"table to find cell1 in&table to find cell2 in" is a table array to look in to find the look up value
if i have not been clear enough, please advise also, so i can try to identify the situation better....
thank you very much!!!