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URGENT need help - partial match to get answer excel
hi I have a data table and a legend table I need to partial match the title (first about 15 characters to the legend table title ) to get back the CL numbers. I try vlookup , index match.. I...
hi, i m a excel learner and curious to know & discuss, i wonder why you used "*"& in lookup argument of vlookup rather than only left function? i tried with only left function & didn't recieve any results.
i would appreciate if you help me out of it.
If you enter "*"&LEFT(B2,14)&"*" as search value VLOOKUP performs a partial match. For example the search value "Senior manager" would be found in the search array within the strings "Senior manager assistant" and "Executive Senior manager director".
Search value LEFT(B2,14) would mean that VLOOKUP performs an exact match. There would only be a search result if e.g. search value is "Senior manager" and the string "Senior manager" is found in the search array.