INDEX MATCH + LEFT Function

[gcefaloni]

Hi,

I'm trying to go from the top formula to the bottom one. I have to match H9 (which is a string of 8 characters) to column A which has the same set of information as in column H but with an added number at the end. So I need to be able to match H9 to the leftmost 8 characters in column A. I tried to use an array formula as shown in the example below but it doesn't seem to work. What can I adjust in order for this to work out?

=INDEX($A$9:$B$1000,MATCH(H9,$A$9:$A$1000,0),MATCH(I$8,$A$8:$B$8,0))

={INDEX($A$9:$B$1000,MATCH(H9,LEFT($A$9:$A$1000,8),0),MATCH(I$8,$A$8:$B$8,0))}

Thank you!

 

[mrshl9898]

Try adding a wildcard to the search *

You can't LEFT a range.

=INDEX($A$9:$B$1000,MATCH(H9&"*",$A$9:$A$1000,0),MATCH(I$8,$A$8:$B$8,0))

 

[gcefaloni]

Try adding a wildcard to the search *

You can't LEFT a range.

=INDEX($A$9:$B$1000,MATCH(H9&"*",$A$9:$A$1000,0),MATCH(I$8,$A$8:$B$8,0))

That works great. Thank you. I didn't think of reversing the problem.

 

[AhoyNC]

Even though I would go with the formula from mrsh9898, you can use LEFT on a range. As long as you entered your formula as an array with CTRL-SHIFT-ENTER it should have worked (see below cell I9). You could have also used the AGGREGATE function with LEFT as in cell I10 (you would enter this the standard way with just ENTER).

Excel Workbook
	A	B	C	G	H	I
8	Item1	Item2				Item2
9	wertyuio1	q			hhhytrew	d
10	rtyuiopl2	s				d
11	hhhytrew5	d
12	qwertyui6	g
Sheet