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    find data based on partial match

    Hi Everyone,

    May I ask for your help regarding with this matter. Im a newbie in excel formula. Im looking for the right formula to search and return the correct value. I tried Vlookup and IF conditions but I didnt get what i was tryign to look for.I think there is a better way to do this. Please help me.. I attached my file. Thank you very much. Serial.xlsx
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    Re: Formula for returning correct value - Please help

    Put this on F9 and copied down as necessary:

    =INDEX($B$3:$B$12,MATCH("*"&$E9,$B$3:$B$12,0))

    or see the file attach, hope this helps
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    Re: find data based on partial match

    Maybe this>
    =VLOOKUP("*"&E9,$B$3:$B$12,1,0)
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    Re: find data based on partial match

    Thank you very much FDibbins and azumi. It worked perfectly as what I was planning to do. Thanks!

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