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LookUP <> not working

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    LookUP <> not working

    Hi,

    The <> part of the following does not seem to be working. Any ideas why?

    =LOOKUP(2,1/((Sheet1!$E$2:$E$1481=Sheet2!$A2)*(Sheet1!$P$2:$P$1599="GPPS")*(Sheet1!$P$2:$P$1599<>Sheet2!$B2)*(Sheet1!$O$2:$O$1599=0)),Sheet1!$A$2:$A$1599)

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    Re: LookUP <> not working

    I don't understand the logic of:

    Sheet2!P2:P1599="GPPS"
    Sheet2!P2:P1599<>Sheet2!B2

    are you referencing correctly ?

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    Re: LookUP <> not working

    Firstly, you have different range sizes... range in Column E differs.. fix that and then come back if still having issues...
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    Re: LookUP <> not working

    Thank you for your feedback. Yes, you're right, I wasn't referencing correctly. The correct formula is below which now works fine.

    The reason I have the <> part in the formula is because there can be up to 5 values that meet criteria so I run the formula once without the <> part and then a further 4 times, each time adding an additional <> part. Is it possible to write the formula so that all values that meet criteria can be returned in the same field, separated by a comma?

    Thank you

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    =LOOKUP(2,1/((Sheet1!$E$2:$E$1481=Sheet2!$A2)*(Sheet1!$P$2:$P$1599="GPPS")*(Sheet1!$A$2:$A$1599<>Sheet2!$B2)*(Sheet1!$A$2:$A$1599<>Sheet2!$C2)*(Sheet1!$O$2:$O$1599=0)),Sheet1!$A$2:$A$1599)

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    Re: LookUP <> not working

    What about the mismatch in array sizes?

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    Re: LookUP <> not working

    Hi,

    Thanks again for your response. Mismatch corrected. Any ideas re may latest question?

    Thanks

    =LOOKUP(2,1/((Sheet1!$E$2:$E$1599=Sheet2!$A2)*(Sheet1!$P$2:$P$1599="GPPS")*(Sheet1!$A$2:$A$1599<>Sheet2!$B2)*(Sheet1!$A$2:$A$1599<>Sheet2!$C2)*(Sheet1!$O$2:$O$1599=0)),Sheet1!$A$2:$A$1599)

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    Re: LookUP <> not working

    Add this user defined function to a new module in the VB editor:

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    Then apply formula:
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    And confirm it with CTRL+ShIFT+ENTER

    This separates each enry with a comma and space.

    Note: Not sure of limitations

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    Re: LookUP <> not working

    This works great! Thank you.

    Is this possible to do without VBA? Reason for asking is if I could do this in a function then I would be able to understand it better and learn how to apply it to future problems.

    Thanks

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    Re: LookUP <> not working

    Not really, unless you want several helper columns which concatenates groups at a time, then you concat all the groups together at the end... and since Concatenate() function does not allow you to enter a range, rather, individual cell references, this would be a tedious process...

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