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Juggling items from one column to it's corresponding row in a new column
I've got an inventory list in column A of all my meds (about 300). I've got a medication usage list in a different column (say, C) that only has the list of meds that I've dispensed in the last month...
Robert_Peltzman This would be something for VLOOKUP or XLOOKUP is your Excel version supports it. But, your data seems to be inconsistent. One med on the shorter list does not exist in the long list (marked yellow) and four meds on the short list seem to have different names (marked orange). For instance, "GlipiZIDE 10 mg tablet" vs. "Glipizide 10mg tablet". Either of the lookup functions will not match them. Then you have some double entries in the long list, also causing trouble. "Garbage in, garbage out".
I've reconciled the lists for you (using VLOOKUP as it works for all Excel versions), trusting that it will enable you to clean-up the data yourself.
See attached file.
- Wow, thanks, I'll correct those errors and give it a try!
Robert
