Look up on multiple criteria

[Tho Pham]

Hello community,

I have kind of a noob question here.

[TABLE="width: 500"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]City[/TD]
[TD]District[/TD]
[TD]Information[/TD]
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[TD]City (X)[/TD]
[TD]District (Y)[/TD]
[TD]Urban(1)/Rural (2)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
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In the right is a "directory" - the information that a district of a city is urban or rural is unique.

I want to generate a formula that helps sort the information on the left:
if (city = X) and (district = Y) then the vale of urban (1) or rural (2) would be displayed on the column "Information".

Hope the noob me has made the question clear.

Thank you for all your time on my question!

 

[Eric W]

Welcome to the forum.

Try:

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I
City	District	Information	City (X)	District (Y)

<tbody>
[TD="align: center"]1[/TD]

[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: right"]Urban(1)/Rural (2)[/TD]

[TD="align: center"]2[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]3[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]4[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]

[TD="align: center"]5[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]6[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]7[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]

[TD="align: center"]8[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]
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[TD="align: center"]9[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
[TD="align: right"][/TD]
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Sheet15​

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[TD]Worksheet Formulas[TABLE="width: 100%"]
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[TH]Cell[/TH]
[TH="align: left"]Formula[/TH]
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[TR]
[TH]D2[/TH]
[TD="align: left"]=SUMIFS($H$2:$H$7,$F$2:$F$7,A2,$G$2:$G$7,B2)[/TD]
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[TABLE="width: 85%"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]Array Formulas[TABLE="width: 100%"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TH]Cell[/TH]
[TH="align: left"]Formula[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH]C2[/TH]
[TD="align: left"]{=INDEX($H$2:$H$7,MATCH(A2&"|"&B2,$F$2:$F$7&"|"&$G$2:$G$7,0))}[/TD]
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Entered with Ctrl+Shift+Enter. If entered correctly, Excel will surround with curly braces {}.
Note: Do not try and enter the {} manually yourself[/TD]
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The C2 formula is an array formula and requires Control+Shift+Enter, and will work for numeric results as well as character results. The D2 formula is a regular formula and a bit shorter, but it only works if the result is numeric.

 

[Tho Pham]

Dear Eric,

You are a life saver.
Thank you a lot for all your time on helping me out. It's so kind of you.

Wish you all the best.

 

[Eric W]

Happy to help.

Thanks for the feedback.