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Excel 2007 : VLookup - Return "suburb" from string of characters

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    VLookup - Return "suburb" from string of characters

    Hi Guys,

    I'm sure this might seem as a small problem too many, but to me its so difficult.

    I have a list of addresses dump from a system. The cell has the whole address in one cell. I have tried separating by delimiting "space" but some suburbs have multiple words and causing me grieve. I have 25 000 lines.

    PLEASE Help. Me begging.

    Example:

    (String of characters in on cell)
    17 DE LAAN GLEN MARAIS KEMPTONPARK
    1 BENNETT AVI COMET BOKSBURG
    1 AGTSTE STR FOCHVILLE 2515
    1 DIETERSTRAAT BIRCHLEIGH NOORD 1618


    Now I have a list of Suburbs

    Example

    KEMPTONPARK
    BIRCHLEIGH NOORD
    FOCHVILLE

    I need to return

    The suburb from the string of characters. It need to match and return.

    Please help me ...urgently.

    Thanks

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    Re: VLookup - Return "suburb" from string of characters

    You will have to provide a sample workbook with 25 - 30 rows of data and some of the suburb list. We need to know the layout.
    Assuming that everything is in column A on both sheets, it will look something like this:
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    It puts the suburb in column b
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    Re: VLookup - Return "suburb" from string of characters

    Thanks protonLeah.

    Gee, this code is AWESOME.

    I really really appreciate it

    Thanks,

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