Way to link two colums to update another?

[dominictiberio]

Here's my scenario: I have a worksheet with two columns, User ID and
Soc. Number, and I have another worksheet with just User ID's (however
not all of the User ID's are present from the first worksheet and some
are present multiple times). I need to replace the User ID's in this
second sheet with the corresponding Soc. Number from the first sheet.

I can't seem to figure out a way to do it programatically, and so far
have had to do it manually by copy/psating an flipping between the two
sheets. If anyone could shed some light on a solution it would be much
appreciated.

Thanks!
Dominic

 

[Guest]

Sounds like the vLookup function is what you're looking for. Check it out in
'Help'.
HTH,

 

[dominictiberio]

Sounds like the vLookup function is what you're looking for. Check it out in
'Help'.
HTH,
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Hello Gary,

Thanks for the suggestion... I'm at least pointed in the right
direction now... however I set up a small test of the vLookup function
and it doesn't seem to want to work in my case. It returns a #REF! as
if there is no data in column 2.

Here's the breakdown of my test:

I have three columns, A, B, and C
Column A contains 5 four-digit ID Numbers (4561, 4980, 9823, 2211)
Column B contains the corresponding Soc. Number (123456789, 435856776,
etc.)
Column C contains ID numbers as well but not all of the ones from
column A, and some repeat (4980, 4980, 2211, 2211, 2211)

What I need to do is place the values in column D with the correct Soc.
Number. that matches column C

My vLookup formula in D1 looks like this: =VLOOKUP(C1,A1:A4,2,FALSE)
But it returns #REF!

Why?!?

To me this formula is correct in that it is saying to match the value
in C1 to one of the values in column A and return the corresponding
soc. number from column 2 (B).

As always, any help is appreciated.
- Dominic

 

[Guest]

=VLOOKUP(C1,A1:A4,2,FALSE)
should be
=VLOOKUP(C1,A1:B4,2,FALSE)
HTH,