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Need Help figuring out - vLOOKUP to Extract Data Based on a Value in a Cell

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    Need Help figuring out - vLOOKUP to Extract Data Based on a Value in a Cell

    The situation I'm trying to solve for is very similar to #2 in this link: https://www.exceldemy.com/vlookup-if...text-in-excel/

    Which is solved with this formula: =VLOOKUP(VALUE(LEFT(B13,3)),D4:E10,2,FALSE)

    The only difference is that I will be using text (not numbers) and I don't want the lookup to be restricted to a certain # of characters (3 in the above example).

    The value I want to lookup with will be the leftmost piece of the text string.

    Any ideas?

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    Re: Need Help figuring out - vLOOKUP to Extract Data Based on a Value in a Cell

    There are instructions at the top of the page explaining how to attach your sample workbook.

    A good sample workbook has just 10-20 rows of representative data that has been desensitised. It also has expected results mocked up, relevant cells highlighted and a few explanatory notes.
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