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    match value in one column to adjacent value: use vlookup or index/match?

    Hello,

    I have a spreadsheet (sample attached) with four columns. One is a long list of client names, and in the adjacent column is a list of their corresponding firms. In the third column I have a list of unique client names (since the client list has many repeats). I would like the fourth column to display the firms that correspond to the unique client names.

    I have tried fiddling around with VLOOKUP and INDEX and MATCH functions, but to no avail.

    Any advice would be much appreciated!

    Thanks,

    Conor
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    Re: match value in one column to adjacent value: use vlookup or index/match?

    You tried?

    =VLOOKUP(C2,A:B,2,0)
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    Re: match value in one column to adjacent value: use vlookup or index/match?

    just did! thanks so much. had a real dumb moment reading the VLOOKUP syntax wrong.

    thanks,

    conor

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