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troyyy
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Apr 13, 2021
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Align duplicates from two columns to same rows in Excel + additional rows left & right

Hello,    I would like to know how to align duplicates from two columns to same rows in Excel + additional rows left & right   See Excel File attached or here description of the example:   Data...
  • Riny_van_Eekelen's avatar
    Apr 15, 2021

    troyyy Ah, yeah! Forgot about those. Due to the limitations of VLOOKUP and since you don't have access to the newer functions, the easiest would be to place the first keyword column to the left of all others. Done that and added the correct VLOOKUP formulae. See attached file ending with "_rev.xlsx".

     

    If, on the other hand you can not move the columns around, you can make VLOOKUP find a match towards towards the left of the "lookup column", using the technique describe in the attached link.

    https://www.myonlinetraininghub.com/excel-vlookup-to-the-left-using-choose 

    Alternatively, use a combination of INDEX and MATCH. Both methods are demonstrated in the  file ending with "......_rev2.xlsx". 

     

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