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Returning text from a cell in one column dependant on the text in cells two other columns

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    Returning text from a cell in one column dependant on the text in cells two other columns

    For example..... Column A contains Last Names, Column B contains First Names and Column C contains Full Names.


    0------A-------------------B---------------------C
    1
    2
    3---Last Name----------First Name------------Full Name
    4----Smith----------------Bob--------------Mr. Bob Smith
    5-----Doe----------------John--------------Mr. John Doe
    6-----Doe----------------Jane--------------Mrs. Jane Doe


    etc.

    On the sheet, I want to be able to type in cell A1 the 1st name, and in B1 the second name, and for their full name to appear in Cell C1. I have around 100 people on my sheet so beingable to type in their name at the top and have their full name appear in C1 will be very helpful. Several Clients are married (hence the John & Jane Doe example) and I want to be able to search for just one of the couple.

    I have tried formulas such as multiple VLOOKUPs within an IF statement but I probably didnt put those in correctly.

    PS. Sorry about all the lines, didn't know how to make it look like a table.

    Can anybody help?

    Cheers in advance.
    Last edited by lucasg; 04-16-2012 at 06:05 AM.

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    Re: Returning text from a cell in one column dependant on the text in cells two other colu

    hi,
    I tried this long ago. in excel goto function -> text function -> concatnate
    for example =a3,b3c3

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    Re: Returning text from a cell in one column dependant on the text in cells two other colu

    Hi lucasg,

    Can you attach an example spreadsheet?
    Thanks,

    Bonny Tycoon


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    Re: Returning text from a cell in one column dependant on the text in cells two other colu

    If you put your surname in D1 and the forename in E1 then something along the lines of:

    =INDEX(C:C,MAX(INDEX(ROW(A4:A500) * (A4:A500=D1) * (B4:B500=E1),0)))

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    Re: Returning text from a cell in one column dependant on the text in cells two other colu

    Hi
    You can use concatenate function:
    =CONCATENATE(B2," ",A2)
    But the problem is how to check if the perosn entered is male / female for Mr./Mrs part....
    Click *, if my suggestion helps you. Have a good day!!

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    Re: Returning text from a cell in one column dependant on the text in cells two other colu

    Thanks Andrew-R, your solution works perfectly. thanks a lot

    Cheers everyone else for trying too

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