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Find a match from a cell that has multiple values?

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    Find a match from a cell that has multiple values?

    Hello,

    I am wondering if there is anyway to find a matching of a single value from another cell that may have multiple values that are separated by commas.

    For example, can some tool like VLookup find a match for '3' (Sheet 1/Column B/Row 1) from Sheet 2?

    Sheet 1
    Column A Column B
    1 Name A 3
    2 Name B 5
    3 Name C 6
    4 Name D 7


    Sheet 2
    Column A Column B
    1 Name A 1, 2, 3
    2 Name B 4, 5
    3 Name C 006
    4 Name D 7, 8

    If I need to provide more explanation, please let me know.

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    Re: Is there anyway to find a match from a cell that has multiple values?

    You don't say what value you want returned...I'll assume you want the Sheet2 Name associated with the Sheet2 Col_B cell that contains the value you want to find.

    If that's true...Using your posted scenario, try this on Sheet1:
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    In your example, the formula returns: Alpha

    If you want it to return the cell contents of the Sheet2 cell that contains the value you're looking for:
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    In that case, the formula returns: 1,2,3

    Is that something you can work with?
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    Re: Find a match from a cell that has multiple values?

    Wow.... thank you, Ron! This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you so much!!!!

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