vlookup with if statement

blackduck

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hi, I need some help with a vlookup, any help would be greatly appreciated!

I need to look at column 1 and return the value specified in the lookup table, but if the number doesn't exist in column 1 lookup table, i want to lookup column 2 and return the value based on the lookup table. Any ideas how i write this?

EXAMPLE DATA with last column being what i want to be generated by the formula:
[TABLE="width: 303"]
<colgroup><col span="2"><col></colgroup><tbody>[TR]
[TD]Column 1[/TD]
[TD]Column 2[/TD]
[TD]RETURNED VALUES[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]d[/TD]
[TD]blue[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]e[/TD]
[TD]red[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]f[/TD]
[TD]yellow[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]d[/TD]
[TD]green[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]e[/TD]
[TD]orange[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6[/TD]
[TD]f[/TD]
[TD]black


[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]

LOOKUP TABLE:
[TABLE="width: 281"]
<colgroup><col span="2"><col></colgroup><tbody>[TR]
[TD]Column 1[/TD]
[TD]Column 2[/TD]
[TD]Result[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]blue[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]red[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]yellow[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]d[/TD]
[TD]green[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]e[/TD]
[TD]orange[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]f[/TD]
[TD]black

[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]



THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP!!
 

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Hi Black,

Try

Code:
=IFNA(VLOOKUP(A2,A10:C15,3,0),VLOOKUP(B2,B10:C15,2,0))
 
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PERFECT - thank you so much!!! One last question, how do i adjust the formula so if the thing i am looking up is not in either lookup column then it shows returns a particular work e.g. 'PINK'
 
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This worked for me;

Code:
=IFNA(IFNA(VLOOKUP(A2,$A$11:$C$18,3,0),VLOOKUP(B2,$B$11:$C$18,2,0)),"PINK")

** Note that the lookup ranges are now locked eg $A$11:$C$18, remember to increase the range when you add more data.
 
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