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    VLOOKUP for concatenation

    Hello!

    Is it possible to use VLOOKUP on the concatenations of two columns as a search criteria? I would need to do this without using a helper column.

    For instance if I have in one sheet the following:

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    In the first sheet A1&B1 yields 3A. I would want to match column C from the first sheet to column C in the second sheet, considering A&B as a search criteria. The end result should be:

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    How can I achieve this without using a helper column?

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    Re: VLOOKUP for concatenation

    Hi excelactuary, paste this in Sheet2!C2 and copy down:
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    Re: VLOOKUP for concatenation

    hi there. if the combination of column A & B are unique, perhaps SUMIFS will work faster:
    =SUMIFS(Sheet1!C:C,Sheet1!A:A,A2,Sheet1!B:B,B2)

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    Re: VLOOKUP for concatenation

    Hi!

    First of all: Thank you very much! Leelnich's formula works.

    @benishiryo: your formula yields only "0". Why is that?

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