Lookup first 4 characters of a cell and output all matches?

JumboCactuar

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Hi,
If I have data in a cell A2
I want to lookup the first 4 characters of this cell and output all matches in column F which start with these 4 characters

Example: A2 = Auto

Return:
Automatic
Automate
Autograph

Etc...

Thanks for any help
 
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Hi,

Ctrl+Shift+Enter NOT just Enter

G2 =IFERROR(INDEX($F$2:$F$6,MATCH(0,IF($A$2=LEFT($F$2:$F$6,4),COUNTIF($G$1:G1,$F$2:$F$6)),0)),"")


[TABLE="width: 620"]
<colgroup><col span="6"><col span="2"></colgroup><tbody>[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]A[/TD]
[TD]B[/TD]
[TD]C[/TD]
[TD]D[/TD]
[TD]E[/TD]
[TD]F[/TD]
[TD]G[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]Auto[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Automatic[/TD]
[TD]Automatic[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Test[/TD]
[TD]Autocad[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Autocad[/TD]
[TD]Autobiography[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Test2[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Autobiography[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]7[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
 
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Hi,

Ctrl+Shift+Enter NOT just Enter

G2 =IFERROR(INDEX($F$2:$F$6,MATCH(0,IF($A$2=LEFT($F$2:$F$6,4),COUNTIF($G$1:G1,$F$2:$F$6)),0)),"")


[TABLE="width: 620"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]A[/TD]
[TD]B[/TD]
[TD]C[/TD]
[TD]D[/TD]
[TD]E[/TD]
[TD]F[/TD]
[TD]G[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]Auto[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Automatic[/TD]
[TD]Automatic[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Test[/TD]
[TD]Autocad[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Autocad[/TD]
[TD]Autobiography[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Test2[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Autobiography[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]7[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]

working Perfectly thankyou :)
 
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