Vlookup that checks against two values

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runsrealfast

I have a sheet that contains a column of Product numbers, a comlumn of
customer numbers, and a column for orders. In another sheet I have the
a similar format with the same columns. I need to check I need to move
the values of the order to the second sheet but I must check against
both the product number and the customer number. excel does not allow
you to do the following (gives the #NAME? error).

VLOOKUP(A1 AND B1, ANOTHERSHEETA1:C1,3,false)

What is the best way to do this?

John
 
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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))
 
Ah, darned, you multi-posted (shouldn't do this, you know)
You've got a response in .worksheet.functions, too.
 
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