Vlookup with two results

[Guest]

My Vlookup formula returns the name of the person within a cost centre.
However if there are two people within the cost centre it obviously doesn't
return the second persons name.

I want to have a second Vlookup formula (in another cell) which will pick up
the name of the second person within the cost centre (there will no more than
2 people), or simply nothing if there is only 1 person within that cost
centre.

How can I do this?

Thanks in advance of your help

 

[Earl Kiosterud]

Luke,

Usually, a filter (Advanced or Autofilter) is used when you want such a dataset. It's a
process you have to do each time, though.

 

[T. Valko]

there will [be] no more than 2 people

Try something like this for the 2nd instance:

A10 = lookup_value

=IF(COUNTIF(A1:A5,A10)>1,LOOKUP(2,1/(A1:A5=A10),B1:B5),"")

Biff