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    Sorting / Matching two columns

    Hi,

    I've tried and tested simple =VLOOKUP function on two columns and it's working for sure but I copied data from a file and tried to sort it but it didn't work.

    Here is what I want to do:

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    I want to match and sort at the same time, column C with column B to get the sorted emails on column A.

    I tried VLOOKUP but didn't work. Any help ?
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    Re: Sorting / Matching two columns

    It is hard to tell what you want to do - maybe upload a spreadsheet with a before sorted example and after sorted example showing what you want the final output to be. Choose Go Advanced Button, Manage Attachments, and upload a sample workbook with two sheets - "What it looks like" & "What I want it to look like "

    Are these 3 columns on the same worksheet? how do the columns relate to each other? are you sorting the columns individually or sorting the whole sheet by a single column?
    If this solves your issue, Mark thread as Solved & Add Reputation.

    Thanks!

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    Re: Sorting / Matching two columns

    OK, I attached the excel file.

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    Here are 3 columns.

    The green column is the lookup I want to get the matched "id lookup" numbers from the "id index" which is the area I want search into.

    And then get them matched to copy the required emails.

    "id index": is the whole department IDs with emails which is +340 members
    "id lookup": groups of "id index" which is normally from 10 - 30 members

    I want to lookup and match "id lookup" to "id index" and sort them too at the same time.
    Of course "emails" would be sorted with the "id index" matches.
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    Re: Sorting / Matching two columns

    Wow, it's like working while looking in a mirror or playing left-handed. :-)

    You did not show what the result would look like if it worked as you wanted. Are you looking for a VBA (Macro) answer or are you looking for a formula answer or manual data manipulation answer (using Excel tools - sorting/filtering, etc.)?

    What I don't get either is that in your sample file, NONE of the IDs match the index list. Aren't they supposed to?

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    Re: Sorting / Matching two columns

    Oh .. wait a minute. I did a terrible mistake.

    I copied the wrong id lookups ! They turned out to be phone numbers and not academic numbers.

    What I want is the related emails for a given group numbers of id lookup and get the "match email"

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    Re: Sorting / Matching two columns

    So there will always be just one match per ID? I would think you could just use the Index/Match formula. In D3 enter:
    =INDEX($A$3:$A$342,MATCH(C3,$B$3:$B$342,0))

    Does that give you what you want?

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    Re: Sorting / Matching two columns

    Yep !

    Thank you so much man

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    Re: Sorting / Matching two columns

    You're welcome. Glad I could help.

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