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I want to lookup a string that can fall anywhere in a table from A1:J100 and return the value in the cell below it.
For example, find the text "January" from A1:J100 and if it falls in cell D10, give me the value in D11
I want to lookup a string that can fall anywhere in a table from A1:J100 and return the value in the cell below it.
For example, find the text "January" from A1:J100 and if it falls in cell D10, give me the value in D11
Well, if you are OK with making a function in VB try this:
1) Make this function:
2)
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Call it in the sheet, like this: =returnOffset("JANUARY",A1:J100,1,0)
That should do it
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What is the data type of the value to be returned? Is it text? Numeric? Could be both? Something else?
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Thank you GeneralDisarray - I'm trying to stay away from VBA for simplicity of other users of this spreadsheet.
Tony - it could be both, but it'll likely be a a date and a number. Could you explain the impact of both on your solution?
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