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Formula needed to return the text adjacent to the cell when found.

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    Formula needed to return the text adjacent to the cell when found.

    I am looking for help with a Formula that looks at codes in a workbook and when it finds a match will return the text which describes the code number which is in the cell adjacent to it. I have managed to get it to show YES, NO if it is in the list but in this instance I want it to show the description of the code if on there and not just a YES.
    Any help much appreciated.

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    Re: Formula needed to return the text adjacent to the cell when found.

    sounds like a Vlookup or index/match however if you don't upload a book then i cant really help
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    Re: Formula needed to return the text adjacent to the cell when found.

    Ok Thanks, I have provided a sample copy of data with all confidential data removed. I am looking at Data tab -Col L, and need a formula to match this to data in Soc tab column A. If it finds and matches the code (which it should do as I believe all the codes are included in my master version) I would like it to copy the text description in the Soc tab column B into the Data tab Column M. As you can see I have a formula in there but this only tells me if it is in there or not.

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    Re: Formula needed to return the text adjacent to the cell when found.

    Perhaps
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    You also have SOC codes which are not unique 5223 is present in rows 3 and 18 in tab SOC

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    Re: Formula needed to return the text adjacent to the cell when found.

    Thank you very much - Perfect.

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