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    Vlookup in Duplicate Result Value

    Plzzzz Help,

    I have the following data in sheet1.

    P.Code Material Description ShortDescription
    31011000 12.00-20 TUBE 12.00-20
    31011500 12.00-20 INS TUBE 12.00-20
    31021000 11.00-20 TUBE 11.00-20
    31021500 11.00-20 INS TUBE 11.00-20
    31021510 11.00-20 MT INS TUBE 11.00-20
    31031000 10.00-20 INS TUBE 10.00-20
    31031100 10.00-20 MT TUBE 10.00-20
    31031300 10.00-20 PLUS TUBE 10.00-20
    31031400 10.00-20 TRADE TUBE 10.00-20
    31031500 10.00-20 OE TUBE 10.00-20
    31031510 10.00-20 MT INS TUBE 10.00-20
    31031520 10.00-20 TR INS TUBE 10.00-20
    31031600 10.00-20 FT INS TUBE 10.00-20
    31031610 10.00-20 FT TUBE 10.00-20


    and the data in sheet2 is:
    A B C
    1 Material Description ShortDescription Stk
    2 11.00-20 MT INS TUBE 1
    3 10.00-20 MT INS TUBE 271
    4 10.00-20 TR INS TUBE 1
    5 10.00-20 FT INS TUBE 9
    6 10.00-20 FT TUBE 1

    I need a formula in cell B2 of sheet2 to lookup the value of A2 from sheet1 in "ShortDescription" column.

    Vlookup is not working here because of multiple results value. kindly help....!!!

    PS : I have also attached my file.
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    Re: Vlookup in Duplicate Result Value

    I dont understand why the regular V Look Up wont work??

    I tried this is B2 and it worked.

    =VLOOKUP(A2,Sheet1!$B$2:$C$415,2,0)
    Cheers!
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    Re: Vlookup in Duplicate Result Value

    Oopsss... Sorry!!


    Try this in cell b2

    =INDEX(Sheet1!$A$2:$A$415,MATCH(A2,Sheet1!$B$2:$B$415,0))


    Deep

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    Re: Vlookup in Duplicate Result Value

    Please confirm if im right.
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    Re: Vlookup in Duplicate Result Value

    yup...!! SOLVED... I got it....!!!

    Thankss a lot Mr. Ramanan and msexcelathome....
    Last edited by abhinavbinkar; 07-25-2013 at 05:04 AM.

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    Re: Vlookup in Duplicate Result Value

    You are Most welcome Abhinav.

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    Re: Vlookup in Duplicate Result Value

    Glad it helped!!

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