vlookup using contents of clipboard?

[myfootsmells]

Here's the spreadsheet I'm working on:
http://www.myfootsmells.com/excel/copypaste.xls

I want to copy from A2:C4 and then put my cursor in C9 do a paste and
it'll fill in the hours accordingly. Possible? It doesn't need to be
a paste, I'd be find putting my cursor in C9 and pressing a button on
the page.

Thanks,

Michael

 

[Tom Hutchins]

You can do this easily without a macro...

In your sample worksheet, enter this formula in C9 and copy down:
=SUMPRODUCT(--($A$2:$A$4=A9),--($B$2:$B$4=B9),$C$2:$C$4)

If you don't want to see the zeros, you can either hide them or use the
following formula instead:
=IF(SUMPRODUCT(--($A$2:$A$4=A9),--($B$2:$B$4=B9),$C$2:$C$4)=0,"",SUMPRODUCT(--($A$2:$A$4=A9),--($B$2:$B$4=B9),$C$2:$C$4))

If you are unfamiliar with SUMPRODUCT, here is a good introduction:
http://www.xldynamic.com/source/xld.SUMPRODUCT.html

Hope this helps,

Hutch

 

[Tom Hutchins]

Another common non-macro approach:

Insert a new column A. In it, concatenate the cells in each row of columns B
& C (which used to be A & B). Put this formula in A2
=B2&C2
and copy down. Now you can do a normal Vlookup in D9 (which used to be C9):
=VLOOKUP(A9,$A$2:$D$4,4,FALSE)
Copy down, recalc, and copy/paste in place as values. Then you can delete
the new column A and use Edit >> Replace to replace the #N/A with nothing. To
avoid #N/A from the start, use this formula in D9:
=IF(ISERROR(VLOOKUP(A9,$A$2:$D$4,4,FALSE)),"",VLOOKUP(A9,$A$2:$D$4,4,FALSE))

Hutch