Vlookup with part of cell text

[Madiya]

I need to use vlookup but the problem is that my cell contains a
bigger text string.
For e.g. cell text is CL BW 205
I want to use vlookup with BW which will return corresponding value
from the same row, 3rd col.

Is there any way to do this with a formula.

Regards,
Madiya

 

[Stefi]

Use =VLOOKUP(MID(A2,4,2), ... ) if the required substring is always 4th and
5th characters of cell text!

Regards,
Stefi

„Madiya†ezt írta:

 

[Jarek Kujawa]

try:

=MIN(IF(ISNUMBER(FIND("BW",$A$1:$A$10,1)),ROW($A$1:$A$10),""))


array-enter this formula i.e. with CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER instead of using
just ENTER
if you enter this formula correctly curly brackets {} will show
(adjust A1:A10 to suit)


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[Jarek Kujawa]

sorry, forgot the most important

the following array-entered formula:
=OFFSET($A$1,MIN(IF(ISNUMBER(FIND("BW",$A$1:$A$10,1)),ROW($A$1:$A
$10),""))-1,2)

should bring required result