Why do I need to use an & character in front of the quoted wildcard?
Hello, I am taking excel classes so I am a novice using excel. Currently, I am trying to learn the different kinds of wildcard characters and how to use them. A video I was watching used an & character in front of the quoted asterisk wildcard character within this formula:
=vlookup(ABC&"*",$A$2:$A$8,1,false)
Why do I need to use an & character in front of the quoted wildcard?
The & concatenates the two values together.
In that formula, ABC would be a Named Range. So, here, you are concatenating your wild card with the contents of the Named Range, ABC. If ABC is just text, you could use "ABC*".
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Thank you! That makes sense!
You're welcome.
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Was that exactly the same formula? If you are a novice you may not have understood Trevor's reference to named ranges. You question about "&" has been answered, but please let us know if you need us to go into more detail about the ABC part.Originally Posted by yellowsun
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