I will try and keep this as simple as possible. I have a list of names (first, last) in one column (A), then I get a second list which is usually about a quarter of the list in column A.
I want the cells in column B (the short list) to automatically rearrange so that the names are next to the name that matches in column A.
If there is anyone nice enough to tell me, if this match happens how I would go about getting the word present to be entered in the very next column corresponding to the name on another sheet in the same workbook.
As Glitch_Doctor said, you could use vlookup, but put the vlookup in col B using column A as the reference value and the short list as the array. This would only populate when there is a match - excepting typo's ...
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Have 2 columns A and B both contain file names. There are duplicates so there might be more records in column A as compared to column B. I want to create a third column which states there is no match for the same file name in column B Please find the attached excel. Right now I am doing this manually. Is it possible to do this using a ifcountif or a vlookup?
Use
=IFERROR(MATCH(A1,B$1:B$3,0),"No Match")
If there is a match, then the match returns the position number of the match.
Just drag down, edit the array for B as needed.
I've been trying to create a file to track potential repeat customers without them having membership/serial numbers. If Names in Column A is a match or partial match with names in Column C.
I've managed to get it work when I insert this formula but it is only if the spelling and order of the name is an exact match.
=SUMPRODUCT(ISNUMBER(SEARCH(A32,$C$2:$C$15))*1)>0
What I am trying to achieve but cannot figure out, is how to write the formula so that:
(1) It can also identify in Column B as YES, if the order of the name in Column A is not the same as Column C.
(2) If at least 2 words in a cell within Column A matches Column C.
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I'm attempting to check one list of roadways (each has a unique identifier) against a separate list in Excel. If that roadway on the first list is present on the second I then want to see if it also falls within the milepoints on the second list (for both lists I have a column with for the beginning milepoint and a column for the ending milepoint).
The formula (located in cell CC3) I have that is checking for the roadway on the second list is this:
=IF(ISNA(VLOOKUP('Sheet1'!CA3,'Sheet2'!Y:Y,1,FALSE)),"",VLOOKUP('Sheet1'!CA3,'Sheet2'!Y:Y,1,FALSE))
I'm attempting to write a formula in another column that will check to see if the milepoints from the first sheet fall within the milepoints on the second sheet. Here is the formula for that:
=IF(AND(CC3<>"",F3>='Sheet2'!F2,G3<='Sheet2'!G2),"YES","")
Column F is the beginning milepoint and Column G is the ending milepoint on both sheets.
I realized that this formula isn't doing what I want since the second and third logic tests are simply looking at those respective cells on Sheet 2, not at the Column F & G values on the same row where it found the matching roadway unique identifier. How would I go about fixing this? I can seem to reason my way through it. Thanks for any help you can provide!
I'm working with a set of data in excel. Data is entered into rows for items specified in columns. The first column contains a date. A cell in the same row of one of the columns contains the name of a person and in another cell in the same row but different column may contain a number larger than zero (or it may be empty).
I need to create a formula which returns the date when a number larger than zero was last entered into that column for a specific name. This is a "living list" which keeps on growing and the same names appear in different rows, sometimes with a number in the column a mentioned and sometimes not.
I found an old thread on this site on a similar subject which got me as far as knowing the date of the last entry containing the persons name but I'm still not able to configure it to show me when that specific person also had a number larger than zero in that column.
Here's the thread: How to get the newest value from a column with conditions
My current formula looks like this:
=INDEX($A:$A,MATCH(MAX(IF($G:$G=Sheet7!C5,$A:$A,0)),IF($G:$G=Sheet7!C5,$A:$A,"")))
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Column A contains the dates
Column G contains the names (and "Sheet7!C5" is a reference to a name)
The value column I need to add to the mix is column AY
I feel there must be a simple solution (a small add on to the formula) to solve this but I always end up with an error.
Thanks in advance :)
Edit: Here is a simplified example of the data entry and output list needed.
For this you need to sort the date DESCENDING and format the table as Excel Table
Edit: you can sort the date ascending. See explanation at the end.
Using your example, then the formula will be
=INDEX(TableData[Activity A], MATCH($B14, TableData[Employee initials], 0))
This works just like the usual VLOOKUP or INDEX MATCH, fetching the first date on an activity matching the employee initials.
You can use VLOOKUP, but you'll need to dynamically name the range of each columns.
Edit: Just today I found an interesting behavior of MATCH when it found multiple matching values. If you use 1 instead of 0, then it will fetch the last matching value on the list.
So, you can use this formula instead in ASCENDING table.
=INDEX(TableData[Activity A], MATCH($B14, TableData[Employee initials], 1))
I'm working in excel.
I've got a column of numbers.
I want to compare this column to another column of numbers and find exact matches. Then show these matches in another column.
I've tried using MATCH but I cannot get one column to move through the numbers in it and the other to stay the same.
Is there anyway to do this?
If your columns are say A and B (and either both with or both without headers) please try:
=IFERROR(INDEX(B:B,MATCH(A:A,B:B,0)),"")
in the first row of data, copied down to suit. The result should be in the same order as ColumnA, so you might want to sort A.