Getting the value of a cell based on adjacent cell

[giantbomb]

Hi all,

First time poster here.
was hoping for some direction.

I have these 2 tables

sample.JPG


The ID2 counts the instances in which ID1 and Name1 appear. I want to populate the Name2 column with the matching name from the fist table.

I use vlookup to match the two ID columns but how do I populate the Name2 column?

I want the result to look like this - sample2.JPG

Thanks

[CheshireCat]

How about:

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[Ace_XL]

Use..
In E2
=VLOOKUP(D2,$A$2:$B$5,2,FALSE)
and copy down

[giantbomb]

wow so fast,

I didn't realize that col_index_num was the return value, I was under the impression it specified what column in the array to lookup.

Thanks all,

[Cutter]

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