Hi
I have a question that I can't seem to find a working solution for
In sheet #1 I have a list of ISSN numbers in Column A:
[TABLE="width: 500"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]A[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]ISSN[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]0904-3535[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]0941-4355, 1433-7339[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]2076-0787[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
And in sheet #2 I have the following in columns A and B:
[TABLE="width: 500"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]A[/TD]
[TD]B[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]ISSN[/TD]
[TD]URL[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]0904-3535[/TD]
[TD]www.example.com[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]1433-7339[/TD]
[TD]www.example1.com[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]2076-0787[/TD]
[TD]www.example2.com[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
Task: I need to create a list of URLs in sheet#1 based on ISSN numbers.
I use the VLOOKUP function to look in sheet #2 after the URL's to the corresponding ISSN number. It works fine, when there is only one value in each cell in column A (sheet #1 ) . The problem arises when there are several values in the same cell, separated by a comma (cell A3). The value AFTER the comma is being ignored by the function. I can't figure out how to, as an example, have the VLOOKUP function return "www.example1.com' based on the ISSN '1433-7339', because the value is after the comma in the cell.
I'm "not allowed" to alter the column with the comma separated values, so it's not an option to split the column.
Any ideas on how to do this? Should I use another function, in stead of VLOOKUP?
Any help would be greatly appreciated
I have a question that I can't seem to find a working solution for
In sheet #1 I have a list of ISSN numbers in Column A:
[TABLE="width: 500"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]A[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]ISSN[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]0904-3535[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]0941-4355, 1433-7339[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]2076-0787[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
And in sheet #2 I have the following in columns A and B:
[TABLE="width: 500"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]A[/TD]
[TD]B[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]ISSN[/TD]
[TD]URL[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]0904-3535[/TD]
[TD]www.example.com[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]1433-7339[/TD]
[TD]www.example1.com[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]2076-0787[/TD]
[TD]www.example2.com[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
Task: I need to create a list of URLs in sheet#1 based on ISSN numbers.
I use the VLOOKUP function to look in sheet #2 after the URL's to the corresponding ISSN number. It works fine, when there is only one value in each cell in column A (sheet #1 ) . The problem arises when there are several values in the same cell, separated by a comma (cell A3). The value AFTER the comma is being ignored by the function. I can't figure out how to, as an example, have the VLOOKUP function return "www.example1.com' based on the ISSN '1433-7339', because the value is after the comma in the cell.
I'm "not allowed" to alter the column with the comma separated values, so it's not an option to split the column.
Any ideas on how to do this? Should I use another function, in stead of VLOOKUP?
Any help would be greatly appreciated