Trying to align/merge two data sets/tables

Sprackers

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Ive been working on trying to do this for 4 days and I still can't do it. gone through every tutorial everywhere.

Trying to do this


List 1
[TABLE="width: 500"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]Column A[/TD]
[TD]Column B[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]John[/TD]
[TD]ID258[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Peter[/TD]
[TD]ID236[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]

List 2
[TABLE="width: 500"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]Column A[/TD]
[TD]ColumnB[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]John [/TD]
[TD]Carrots[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Peter[/TD]
[TD]Apples[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]

To this

[TABLE="width: 500"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]Column A[/TD]
[TD]Column B[/TD]
[TD]Column c[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]John[/TD]
[TD]ID 258[/TD]
[TD]Carrots[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Peter[/TD]
[TD]ID 236[/TD]
[TD]Apples[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]


This is VERY simplistic example which is good.

List 1 is 1500 names and IDs
List 2 is 375 with vegetables and fruits and sometimes both.

I have 1500 names in no specific order so its not as simple as sort in alphabetical order and they will all be opposite each other.

Any help apprreciated

Sprackers
 

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Hi MArt

Firstly thanks for comng back, Thats what I was trying to say ive studied Vlookup and index match and niether work. the examples people show me assume I am already a excel wizard. Which clearly I am not.

thats why I made the example simple so someone could perhaps write the formula and I could see how to do it.

REgards

Phil
 
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Excel Workbook
ABCDE
1List 1List 2
2NameIDNameF/V
3JohnID258JohnCarrots
4PeterID236PeterApples
5
6
7NameIDF/VIDF/V
8JohnID258CarrotsID258Carrots
9PeterID236ApplesID236Apples
Sheet
 
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YES....its works...Brilliant

Thanks Mart a life saver.

What no one told me was that you needed all 4 formulas for it to work. I was led to believe that one single formula in one single cell would do it all.


No wonder I couldn't figure it out.


Thanks again and and with the example so simple I am able to go through it and understand whats happening.....a bit.

Cheers

Sprackers
 
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Not 4 but 2 formulas are enough.
I give two examples: one with 2 VLOOKUP (B8 and C8) and one with 2 INDEX/MATCH (D8 and E8) solutions.
You can choose from VLOOK or INDEX/MATCH.
 
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