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  1. 05-19-2019, 05:19 PM #1
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    How to use INDEX, MATCH, SEARCH to return an exact match for entire cell contents

    I need a formula to assign tasks into general categories using a table of values. The purpose is so I can calculate how much a client would have spent last year using new per-task pricing (by category) instead of hourly rates (by task). The formula is super close, but it's returning first matches instead of exact matches to the entire cell contents. Several task types share text, so this is problematic.

    I've tried messing with the EXACT function and using delimiters, but I'm not making real progress.

    The formula I'm using now is:

    =INDEX(" "&category&" ",MATCH(TRUE,ISNUMBER(SEARCH(" "&task&" "," "&D2&" ")),0))

    What I'm looking for, for example, is to have the correct category populate out of Column P based on an exact, entire cell match between Column N and Column E.

    In other words, when E exactly and entirely matches a value in N, return the corresponding value from P (located in the same row as N value).

    Any help is much appreciated!

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    Re: How to use INDEX, MATCH, SEARCH to return an exact match for entire cell contents

    To best describe or illustrate your problem you would be better off attaching a dummy workbook. The workbook should contain the same structure and some dummy data of the same type as the type you have in your real workbook - so, if a cell contains numbers & letters in this format abc-123 then that should be reflected in the dummy workbook.

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    Re: How to use INDEX, MATCH, SEARCH to return an exact match for entire cell contents

    Thank you for the response. I was able to get some help on this using VLOOKUP.
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    Re: How to use INDEX, MATCH, SEARCH to return an exact match for entire cell contents

    I Think that you are over thinking this.

    =match(E1,N1:N200,0) will return your row number.

    So =index("p:p", match("E1","N1:N200",0),1)


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    Re: How to use INDEX, MATCH, SEARCH to return an exact match for entire cell contents

    Quote Originally Posted by mehmetcik View Post
    I Think that you are over thinking this.

    =match(E1,N1:N200,0) will return your row number.

    So =index("p:p", match("E1","N1:N200",0),1)


    Untested because I am using my phone.
    1. You could eliminate the ,1 at the end, seeing as the INDEX range is a single column...
    =index("p:p", match("E1","N1:N200",0))

    2. Because you are only using the MATCH range N1:N200, you would probably be better off keeping the INDEX range to that same size (in this case it isnt wrong, but could potentially cause problems if a new row was inserted in row 1)

    3. Probably because you typed this on your phone, you have some unwanted "" in there...
    =index(p:p, match(E1,N1:N200,0),1)
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    Re: How to use INDEX, MATCH, SEARCH to return an exact match for entire cell contents

    Thanks Ford.

    I think I will take a break until I get back to my Laptop.

    It is awkward on a phone.
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    Re: How to use INDEX, MATCH, SEARCH to return an exact match for entire cell contents

    Quote Originally Posted by mehmetcik View Post
    ...It is awkward on a phone.
    yup, I tried it a few times - gave up
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