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Can VlookUp function use a concatenate formula in the table array area?

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    Can VlookUp function use a concatenate formula in the table array area?

    Hello everyone

    I would be grateful if someone could help me with the following:

    I am downloading a specific report which unfortunately cannot add or remove columns (Because of a specific company instruction). What I am trying to do is write a V LOOKUP formula where the table array area will also check a concatenate.

    To be more specific, in my example file, what I am trying to do is:
    A VLOOK UP function were the lookup value will be the concatenate of columns B & C in Tab 1, while the Table Array Area to check in Tab 2 would be B:E but with concatenate of B and D included.

    In other words I am trying to use the same concatenate in table array of the v lookup formula. The col.Index.Num will be any single column of that array.

    Many Thanks in advance.
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    Re: Can VlookUp function use a concatenate formula in the table array area?

    Hi,

    I think this is what you are looking for but it is hard to tell without the answer you didn't supply.

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    ...confirmed by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER to activate the array, not just ENTER. You will know the array is active when you see curly braces { } appear around your formula. If you do not CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER you will get an error or a clearly incorrect answer.

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    Re: Can VlookUp function use a concatenate formula in the table array area?

    Hi,

    You can also use
    =LOOKUP(2,1/('2'!$B$3:$B$5=B3)/('2'!$D$3:$D$5=C3),'2'!$E$3:$E$5)
    entered normally.
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    Re: Can VlookUp function use a concatenate formula in the table array area?

    Thank you all. Very helpful solutions.

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