not sure what forumla i need! vlook up; index; match??

[littlefoot]

Coloumn A = Book title
Row 1 = Dates
Range B2:Z10 = names (example: BH/Harvey 10 or AG/Cherry 7)

The names could be in the range approximaly 12 times

I am trying to extract a list of the name, date and book title.

Example.
BH/Harvey 10 Book title 1 01/01/01
BH/Harvey 10 Book title 2 05/02/01
BH/Harvey 10 Book title 3 16/03/01

Hope this explains what i'm after.
Thanks in advance for any help.

thanks.

[DannyJ]

=IFERROR(INDEX($B$1:$B$20,SMALL(IF($A$1:$A$20=$E$2,ROW($A$1:$A$20)),ROW()-2),1),"")

That will check if values in A match your look up and then the B reference is whatever column you want it to return. At the moment it returns if matches value in E2.

Not my formula, it was already on google.

[littlefoot]

thanks, but not quite what i am after.
I've tried google, but as i'm not sure if what i am after is possible or if it is what formular to use.

I only want to look up within the range, and to return the book title and date, but within the range there may be multiple answers, I need all of them.

[Jacc]

If you attach a workbook with some data and the expected output it will be much easier to help you.

[Glenn Kennedy]

yep.

Will you please attach a SMALL sample Excel workbook (10-20 rows of data is usually enough)? Please don't attach a picture of one (no-one will want to re-type all your stuff before starting).

1. Make sure that your sample data are truly REPRESENTATIVE of your real data. The use of unrepresentative data is very frustrating and can lead to long delays in reaching a solution.

2. Make sure that your desired solution is also shown (mock up the results manually).

3. Make sure that all confidential information is removed first!!

4. Try to avoid using merged cells. They cause lots of problems!

Unfortunately the attachment icon doesn't work at the moment. So, to attach an Excel file you have to do the following: Just before posting, scroll down to Go Advanced and then scroll down to Manage Attachments. Now follow the instructions at the top of that screen.

[littlefoot]

Example attached (hopefully!)
A1:R14 example data.

V1 is where i would alter the name i was looking up.

U3 and V3 downwards I would like the data extracted to.

So looking up V1 with in Range B2:R14. and returning relevant Date and title.

[davsth]

Perhaps something along these lines

[littlefoot]

that is great. Thanks for your help

[littlefoot]

Davsth your help has been great, how ever I have just realised that the name may be produced twice with the same date.
I have attached a new example.

If I select BH/Harvey 10 in V1.
It shows all the titles and dates apart from Book Title10 for 02/01/2001.

Is there any formula that could work???
Any help advise would be great.

[Glenn Kennedy]

Hi. I have been mucking around with this for ages. The titles were the easy bit. I just had to get rid of the helpers in black for the dates. Finally, I think that Ive cracked it!!

Titles (array formula):

=IFERROR(INDEX(A:A,SMALL(IF(($B$2:$R$14=$V$1)*COLUMN($B$2:$R$14),ROW($A$2:$A$14)),ROWS($U$4:U4))),"")

Dates (array formula):

=IFERROR(INDEX($1:$1,SMALL(IF(($B$2:$R$14=$V$1)*($A$2:$A$14=U4)*ROW($B$2:$R$14),COLUMN($B$2:$R$14)),1)),"")

Array Formulae are a little different from ordinary formulae in that they MUST be confirmed by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER to activate the array, not just ENTER.

You will know the array is active when you see curly brackets { } - or "curly braces" for those of you in the USA, or "flower brackets" for those of you in India - appear around the outside of your formula. If you do not use CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER you will (almost always) get an error message or an incorrect answer. Press F2 on that cell and try again.

Don't type the curly brackets yourself - it won't work...

[littlefoot]

Glen Kennedy - thank you so so so much. This is great.

Just wish I had more knowledge of excel to work all these things out!!

Thanks again. It works brilliantly

[Glenn Kennedy]

You are welcome!

Glenn