vlookup

[kevcar40]

Hi I have a table of data contaning
department name op number production


AA1 AA2 AA3
press op 10 40
wash op 10 90

A5 = press
b5 = op 10

i want to return the value of the identified op in b5 from the
identified department in a5
i am trying to use vlookup to achieve this


any suggestion on the best way forward


thanks


kevin

 

[Dave Peterson]

If you have the department name and want to return the op number, then maybe:

=vlookup(a5,aa1:ac3,2,false)

Debra Dalgleish has lots of notes:
http://www.contextures.com/xlFunctions02.html (for =vlookup())
and
http://contextures.com/xlFunctions02.html#Trouble

 

[kevcar40]

thanks for reply dave

i want to check both department and op then return the value

 

[Dave Peterson]

=index($ac$1:$ac$3,match(1,(a5=$aa$1:$aa$3)*(b5=$ab$1:$ab$3),0))

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.

 

[kevcar40]

Dave
THankyou very much the array works a treat
thanks again

kevin