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    Worksheet search display problem

    Hi,

    After spending the best part of 2 hours trying to solve this with excel online help i have given up and require expert advice

    I have two worksheets in the same spreadsheet.

    The first is a master catalog which has three columns:

    Part No
    Description
    Bin

    The next worksheet displays a large selection of items out of the master catalog but only displays the following:

    Part No
    Description

    My problems is that i can't figure out how to include the Bin location information from the master catalog for every entry on the other worksheet.

    I.E. If Part Number = Part Number in master catalog then display bin number of that row.

    This is probably an easy fix but it's a bit beyond my capabilites i'm ashamed to admit. Conditional formatting is about my limit lol

    Thanks in advance

    Avdo
    Last edited by avdo; 11-13-2008 at 07:43 AM.

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    Looking up values from a list

    With
    On the Master sheet
    Col_A contains Part No
    Col_B contains Description
    Col_C contains Bin
    (Row_1 contains headings)

    and
    on the second sheet
    Col_A contains Part No (already listed)
    Col_B contains Description (already listed)
    Col_C contains Bin (these need to be filled in)
    (Row_1 contains headings)

    This formula returns the BIN value associated with the Col_A Part No:
    C2: =VLOOKUP(A2,Master!$A$2:$C$100,3,0)
    Copy that formula down as far as you need.

    Is that something you can work with?
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    Thank you Ron, it worked perfectly. I was on the right track with using the VLookup function, but i was not selecting the rows correctly or using the $$ to lock the cells.

    I have saved a copy of the spreadsheet as a reference / to play about with in the future.

    Many thanks,

    Stu

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