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JennyHoA20181
Feb 10, 2023Brass Contributor
How to get Excel Vlookup formula to recognise lower and uppercase.
Hello, I need the formula below to recognize upper and lower text. For example column A contains Product ID a030900000OsXao. This value is being looked up in Lookup!J:L. The problem is that this ...
- Feb 10, 2023Yes, it wasn't clear why the original VLOOKUP included column L so I thought that might've been the return you wanted. I've updated my previous post.
Patrick2788
Feb 10, 2023Silver Contributor
This is the idea:
=LET(names,$E$2:$E$10,return,$F$2:$F$10,r,MATCH(TRUE,EXACT(I2,names),0),INDEX(return,r))
JennyHoA20181
Feb 10, 2023Brass Contributor
Thanks for you help, I am not sure how to incorporate into my excel, so I will send an attachment in response to this post.
- Patrick2788Feb 10, 2023Silver Contributor
Here's the updated formula:
=LET(r,MATCH(TRUE,EXACT(A2,AppID),0),IFERROR(INDEX(AddProgramInfo,r),B2))
- JennyHoA20181Feb 10, 2023Brass ContributorThanks Patrick! almost there! The formula needs to lookup column A in 'Data' tab against column J in 'Lookup' tab and return column K in 'Lookup' tab. If the return gives an error, then it should return column B in the 'Data' tab. Hope my explanation is ok!
- Patrick2788Feb 10, 2023Silver ContributorYes, it wasn't clear why the original VLOOKUP included column L so I thought that might've been the return you wanted. I've updated my previous post.