Kate,
Do you mean something like
=INDEX(E1:E20,MATCH(1,(A1:A20="aa")+(A1:A20="cb"),0))
or maybe even
=INDEX(E1:E20,MATCH(1,(A1:A20="aa")*(B1:B20="gyn")*(C1:C20="c")*(D1

20="att
"),0))
which is an array formula (both are), it should be committed with
Ctrl-Shift-Enter, not just Enter.
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HTH
Bob Phillips
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"kate" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> ok Please can you help me here goes
>
> I have a table showing this data
> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
> aa gyn c att 23 22 21
> aa gyn s att 11 26 31
> aa gyn c h 14 00 36
> aa vas c att 11 15 28
> cb obs c att 10 08 43
> cb obs s h 11 12 14
>
>
> this is an example of the data which goes on for about 500 rows I want to
> put a formula into a report which will pull out on certain criteria for
> example I would like my report to give me the number in colomn 5 for the
> person initials in colomn 1 showing he is a gyn showing he is a c and att
>
> my report does not work because i have more than one set of criteria for
> "aa" in the first colomn. i used a vlookup but I am unsure how to do this
> with all the filtering needed
>
>
> please help me
> thankyou so much
> kate
>
>