I have a range of 125 rows, 4 columns, where the 1st column is member# and the 2nd is lastname. It's in sort order on member#. I want to be able to find the row number (not the member#) of a specific lastname. 'Twould be easy if the range were sorted on lastname - I'd use vlookup. Any clues?
I'm new to the forum, but been using Excel (self-taught) for over 20 years.
Could someone tell me where to go? (Be nice)
Last edited by attilathepun; 05-01-2017 at 11:59 AM.
If you are looking for an exact match in B and want the row number
=MATCH("Smith", B:B, 0)
Edit: It will return the row number of the first Smith it finds. It will not tell you if you have multiple smiths (neither will VLOOKUP)
You could see if there are multiple smiths in a separate cell with a simple COUNTIF(B:B, "Smith")
Last edited by ChemistB; 05-01-2017 at 12:08 PM.
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