Unidentical VLOOKUP

[SamuelT]

Hi all,

I'm currently using the below formula to check if a project name appears in another spreadsheet:

=IF(VLOOKUP(A4,'Retail Tracker 3.3.xls'!twooffive,1,FALSE)=D4,"Y","")

I have a slight problem though as a number of projects names have extra words either side of them - thus making the VLOOKUP obsolete. For example - in the documents with the above formula a project appears as 'Newark-On-Trent', however in the file 'Retail Tracker 3.3.xls, it might appear as 'Newark-on-Trent Broad Street' or even 'Broad Street Newark-on-Trent'.

Can anyone suggest what I need to do to my current formula (or another formula altogether) that would allow for these differences in name, but still pick it up if (again, for example) 'Newark-On-Trent' appears in the project name.

Hope that's clear.

TIA,

SamuelT

[Muhammed Rafeek M]

add "*"

=IF(VLOOKUP(A4&"*",'Retail Tracker 3.3.xls'!twooffive,1,FALSE)=D4,"Y","")


"SamuelT" wrote:

>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm currently using the below formula to check if a project name
> appears in another spreadsheet:
>
> =IF(VLOOKUP(A4,'Retail Tracker 3.3.xls'!twooffive,1,FALSE)=D4,"Y","")
>
> I have a slight problem though as a number of projects names have extra
> words either side of them - thus making the VLOOKUP obsolete. For
> example - in the documents with the above formula a project appears as
> 'Newark-On-Trent', however in the file 'Retail Tracker 3.3.xls, it
> might appear as 'Newark-on-Trent Broad Street' or even 'Broad Street
> Newark-on-Trent'.
>
> Can anyone suggest what I need to do to my current formula (or another
> formula altogether) that would allow for these differences in name, but
> still pick it up if (again, for example) 'Newark-On-Trent' appears in
> the project name.
>
> Hope that's clear.
>
> TIA,
>
> SamuelT
>
>
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[SamuelT]

Many thanks Muhammed.