Lookup matching two values

[Nick Ng]

Hi,

Assuming I have the following table:

A.........B............C...........D
.........(ID).......(Code)...(Name)
1.....123456.....0580.....ADAM
2.....123456.....0581.....JOHN
3.....123456.....0582.....GARY
4.....678901.....0580.....SARA
5.....890123.....0580.....KENN
6.....890123.....0581.....LARS




I'm trying to create a formula to look through the table, and return the
(Name) value that matches the corresponding (ID) and (Code) values.

For example, if ID=123456, and Code=0581, the result would be JOHN.

I tried a sumproduct equation from John C in another thread but it returned
a value of 0:

=SUMPRODUCT(--(B1:B^=ID),--(B1:C6=Code),(D16))

Might it be because Column D (Name) is in text?

Thanks!

-Nick

 

[Lars-Åke Aspelin]

Hi,

Assuming I have the following table:

A.........B............C...........D
........(ID).......(Code)...(Name)
1.....123456.....0580.....ADAM
2.....123456.....0581.....JOHN
3.....123456.....0582.....GARY
4.....678901.....0580.....SARA
5.....890123.....0580.....KENN
6.....890123.....0581.....LARS




I'm trying to create a formula to look through the table, and return the
(Name) value that matches the corresponding (ID) and (Code) values.

For example, if ID=123456, and Code=0581, the result would be JOHN.

I tried a sumproduct equation from John C in another thread but it returned
a value of 0:

=SUMPRODUCT(--(B1:B^=ID),--(B1:C6=Code),(D16))

Might it be because Column D (Name) is in text?

Thanks!

-Nick

Try this formula:

=INDEX(D16,SUMPRODUCT(--(B1:B6=123456),--(C1:C6=581),ROW(D16)))

Hope this helps / Lars-Åke

 

[ryguy7272]

With your data in A1:C4, and 123456 in Cell E1 and 580 in Cell E2, enter this
into Cell E4:
=INDEX(B1:C4,MATCH(E1,A1:A4,0),MATCH(E2,B1:B4,0))

The result is Adam.

HTH,
Ryan---

 

[Dave Peterson]

Lars-Åke's suggestion will work if there's exactly one row that is a match for
both values.

If there are more rows that match both, then you can use another formula to
bring back the value from the first matching row.

Saved from a previous post:

If you want exact matches for just two columns (and return a value from a
third), you could use:

=index(othersheet!$c$1:$c$100,
match(1,(a2=othersheet!$a$1:$a$100)
*(b2=othersheet!$b$1:$b$100),0))

(all in one cell)

This is an array formula. Hit ctrl-shift-enter instead of enter. If you do it
correctly, excel will wrap curly brackets {} around your formula. (don't type
them yourself.)

Adjust the range to match--but you can only use the whole column in xl2007.

This returns the value in othersheet column C when column A and B (of
othersheet) match A2 and B2 of the sheet with the formula.

And you can add more conditions by just adding more stuff to that product
portion of the formula:

=index(othersheet!$d$1:$d$100,
match(1,(a2=othersheet!$a$1:$a$100)
*(b2=othersheet!$b$1:$b$100)
*(c2=othersheet!$c$1:$c$100),0))

============
If there is only one match and you're bringing back a number (or 0 if there is
no match for all the criteria), you can use:

=sumproduct(--(othersheet!a1:a10=a1),
--(othersheet!b1:b10=b1),
(othersheet!c1:c10))

Or if you want to include the "router-1" in the formula:

=sumproduct(--(othersheet!a1:a10=a1),
--(othersheet!b1:b10="router-1"),
(othersheet!c1:c10))

Adjust the ranges to match--but you can't use whole columns (except in xl2007).

=sumproduct() likes to work with numbers. The -- stuff changes trues and falses
to 1's and 0's.

Bob Phillips explains =sumproduct() in much more detail here:
http://www.xldynamic.com/source/xld.SUMPRODUCT.html

And J.E. McGimpsey has some notes at:
http://mcgimpsey.com/excel/formulae/doubleneg.html

 

[Jacob Skaria]

Please note that this is an array formula. You create array formulas in the
same way that you create other formulas, except you press CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER to
enter the formula. If successful in 'Formula Bar' you can notice the curly
braces at both ends like "{=<formula>}"

Change the ID and Code to a proper cell reference....

=INDEX(D110,MATCH(1,(B1:B10=ID)*(C1:C10=code),0))

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