how do i get "DGET" to take the first data meeting the criteria?

[Guest]

There is more than one record in my array that matches the criteria. I would
like to use the first accurance.
At present time I am getting an error message.

 

[Peo Sjoblom]

If you read help that is what you are supposed to get

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Peo Sjoblom

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[Guest]

i know that is what you are suposed to get. What I am looking for is an if
statement using the error code to jump around the error statement and use the
first accurance of a match.

 

[Harlan Grove]

i know that is what you are suposed to get. What I am looking for is an if
statement using the error code to jump around the error statement and use

the >first accurance of a match.
....

You can't use DGET for this. DGET will *ALWAYS* return errors when there are
multiple matches. It *ONLY* works when there's one and only one match.

You could use INDEX and MATCH in an array formula. You'd need to translate
your DGET criteria to a formula expression. Something like

=INDEX(Data,MATCH(1,(INDEX(Data,0,2)=x)*(INDEX(Data,0,5)=y),0),3)