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    vlookup similar values

    Hi,

    I have the list of data in two different worksheets.
    First sheet is something like this

    ANGKANH
    KAB_PHLUK
    PHUM_PRAMMUOY_DAB
    KHNANG_TA_KONG

    And second sheet is something like below

    A41_2Gi_ANGKANH ID001
    A41_2Gi_KAB_PHLUK ID002
    A41_2Gi_PHUM_PRAMMUOY_DAB ID003
    A41_2Gi_KHNANG_TA_KONG ID004

    I would like to use vlookup to get ID from table2 to table1. Is it possible to ask excel to cheek if any values in the table1 are very much similar to the any values in the table2 then start vlookup?

    Thanks you very much for your time. Your comment will be very much appreciated.

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    Re: vlookup similar values

    Hi,

    Are all these values in a single column and do the values in the second sheet always have exactly 8 leading characters, e.g. "A41_2Gi_", and always have 5 trailing characters, e.g. "ID001", so that if you ignore these what's left will be a value in the first sheet?

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    Re: vlookup similar values

    Hi,

    I have the data which is similar to the attach file. Sorry, i should have attached this file since my first post.

    I want to get the ID from TABLE1 to put in TABLE2 if the name in both tables are very much similar. Each name in TABLE2 is always have 8 leading characters.

    i.e: KAB_PHLUK is very much similar to A41_2Gi_KAB_PHLUK, so it should get ID002.

    Thanks you very much for your time and thanks in advance for further advice you may give me.
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    Re: vlookup similar values

    in b3 try
    =VLOOKUP("*"&A3&"*",$D$3:$E$10,2,FALSE)
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