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Help - Find the 2nd match using Xlookup
Is there a way using XLookup to return the 2nd (or 3rd, or 4th, or whatever) match in the lookup value? I'm also trying to use as few helper columns as I can. Otherwise I'd just use the VLookup funct...
JMunoz4 Are you sure a regular pivot table won't work? See attached.
If this does not make sense, how exactly would you want to summarise the data?
Thank you. I am still curious if XLOOKUP can return the nth match in an array. But now that you mention it, redoing the pivot table would be the best way to display what I'm looking for. I don't have much experience with pivot tables so I sorta reverse engineered one from a similar worksheet.
It seems possible. Here is an example.
Formula:
=XLOOKUP( F2:F5&H1, B1:B16& SORTBY( SEQUENCE(ROWS(B1:B16),1,2)-MATCH(SORT(B1:B16),SORT(B1:B16),0), SORTBY(SEQUENCE(ROWS(B1:B16),1,2),B1:B16,1),1 ), C1:C16 )https://excelmee.com/excel-formulas/lookup/xlookup-nth-occurrence-in-excel-first-last-and-nth/
- excelmee
Would this formula need to be revised to find the nth result when using only one lookup value (F2)? I tried the formula you posted and it didn't work in such a case.LSpurchasing You just need to change F2:F5&H1 to F2&H1.
If you have a single search key better follow the Index + Filter combo.
