Complicated Lookup

[Trefor]

There is to be a lot of discussion on multiple column lookups but they are
exact matches and I just can't wrap my head around this one.

I have 2 text values in C3 and C4.

C3 needs to exactly match a value from column D, E, F or G. (column headings
at row 10, so data from 11 down).

C4 must be found within a list of CSV’s in each cell in column H. (column
headings at row 10, so data from 11 down).

I then need the value under the heading in Column C that matches the same row.

 

[Trefor]

Sorry I meant to add that I only need to get the C4 match if there is more
than one match for C3. So if the C3 match is unique that is good enough.

Any help at all would really be appreciated.

 

[Pete_UK]

You can use COUNTIF to see if there is more than one match between C3
and the data in columns D E F or G, so you could try something like
this:

=IF(COUNTIF(D11:G100,C3)=0,"Not
present",IF(COUNTIF(D11:G100,C3)>1,INDEX(C11:C100,MATCH(C4,H11:H100,0)),INDEX(C11:C100,IF(ISNA(MATCH(C3,D11100,0)),IF(ISNA(MATCH(C3,E11:E100,0)),IF(ISNA(MATCH(C3,F11:F100,0)),MATCH(C3,G11:G100,0),MATCH(C3,F11:F100,0)),MATCH(C3,E11:E100,0)),MATCH(C3,D11100,0)))))

All one formula - be wary of spurious line breaks in the newsgroups.

Hope this helps.

Pete

 

[Pete_UK]

I forgot to say that I've assumed that you have data to row 100 -
change all instances of 100 if you have more rows.

Hope this helps.

Pete

 

[Bernard Liengme]

In C10:G10 I have the letters a,b,c,.....
In H11,H20 I have aa,bb,cc,dd,ee,ff,....
In C3 I have: b
In C4 I have: dd
In D3 I use =MATCH(C3,C10:G10,0) this returns 2 since "b" is the second
entry in C10:G10
In D4 I use =MATCH(C4,H11:H20,0) this returns 4 since "dd" is the fourth
entry in H11:H20
In D5 I used =INDEX(C11:G20,D4,D3) to locate the item in row 4, column 2

I could combine this to one formula
=INDEX(C11:G20,MATCH(C4,H11:H100,0),MATCH(C3,C10:G10,0))

Not so complicated after all <grin>
best wishes

 

[Trefor]

Pete,

Many thanks for the reply, this is very close, but something is broken.

C3 = "FUJITSU AUSTRALIA LTD"
C4 = "NSW"
Your formula is in D4 and = "Di Data - NSW" - Which is wrong! But every
other possible configuration for C3 works perfectly, it does not make any
sense, but then I am still trying to get to grips with you formula.

C11 - C14
Di Data - NSW
Di Data - VIC, SA, WA
Fujitsu Aust (North)
Fujitsu Aust (South)

D11 - D14
DIMENSION DATA AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
DIMENSION DATA AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
FUJITSU AUSTRALIA
FUJITSU AUSTRALIA

E11 - E14
DIMENSION DATA
DIMENSION DATA
FUJITSU AUSTRALIA LIMITED
FUJITSU AUSTRALIA LIMITED

F13 - F14
FUJITSU AUSTRALIA LTD
FUJITSU AUSTRALIA LTD

G11 - G14 - blank

H11 - H14
NSW
VIC, SA, WA
QLD, NSW, NT, ACT
VIC, WA, SA, TAS

 

[Trefor]

Bernard,

I just sent an update to Pete with all the data. If I simply replace Pete's
formula with your formula I get #N/A.

C10:G10 in my sheet are column headers, not data. Sorry I am missing
something here.

 

[Pete_UK]

Well, as I understand your problem, you have "Fujitsu Australia Ltd"
appearing more than once in columns D to G, so in this instance you
want to match what is in C4 with column H. "NSW" is in the first row
of column H (below your headings), so it matches with C11 - "Di Data -
NSW".

What would you expect it to show?

Pete

 

[Max]

Try this in say C5, array-entered*:
=IF(ISNA(MATCH(1,(ISNUMBER(SEARCH(C3,D1114)))*(ISNUMBER(SEARCH(C4,H11:H14))),0)),IF(ISNA(MATCH(1,(ISNUMBER(SEARCH(C3,E11:E14)))*(ISNUMBER(SEARCH(C4,H11:H14))),0)),IF(ISNA(MATCH(1,(ISNUMBER(SEARCH(C3,F11:F14)))*(ISNUMBER(SEARCH(C4,H11:H14))),0)),"",INDEX(C11:C14,MATCH(1,(ISNUMBER(SEARCH(C3,F11:F14)))*(ISNUMBER(SEARCH(C4,H11:H14))),0))),INDEX(C11:C14,MATCH(1,(ISNUMBER(SEARCH(C3,E11:E14)))*(ISNUMBER(SEARCH(C4,H11:H14))),0))),INDEX(C11:C14,MATCH(1,(ISNUMBER(SEARCH(C3,D1114)))*(ISNUMBER(SEARCH(C4,H11:H14))),0)))

*Array-enter = Press CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER to confirm the formula
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[Trefor]

Pete,

I am expecting it to give me what is in C13.

So if C3 = something in (D or E or F or G) AND H then result = C of the same
row.

I think Max may have cracked what I need, so many thanks for your help.

--
Trefor

Well, as I understand your problem, you have "Fujitsu Australia Ltd"
appearing more than once in columns D to G, so in this instance you
want to match what is in C4 with column H. "NSW" is in the first row
of column H (below your headings), so it matches with C11 - "Di Data -
NSW".

What would you expect it to show?

Pete

 

[Trefor]

Max,

Looks good, not sure I understand what you have done, but this is a once off
and my problem is fixed so I am happy

Many thanks again.

 

[Max]

Welcome, glad it worked out ok for you.

.. not sure I understand what you have done

Here's some easy explanations to help:

Indicatively, the collapsed expression is simply this:
=IF(ISNA(1),IF(ISNA(2),IF(ISNA(3),"",INDEX(3)),INDEX(2)),INDEX(1)))

It's essentially a sequential, dual criteria index/match using the 2 inputs
that you have in C3 and C4. The matching sequence (read from left to right
in the collapsed expression) is: Match C3/C4 vs Cols D & H > then vs Cols E
& H > then vs Cols F & H. And where it matches the dual criteria (the first
matching instance), extract corresponding value from col C (C11:C14).

This part of it, eg:
(ISNUMBER(SEARCH(C3,D1114)))*(ISNUMBER(SEARCH(C4,H11:H14)
resolves to an array of 1's/0's depending on where the dual criteria** is
satisfied (1's) or not (0's), eg: {0;0;1;0}
**ie check where D1114 contains C3 AND H11:H14 contains C4

MATCH(1,{0;0;1;0},0) then returns the position of the 1st/single "1" within
the array, eg over here: 3

This position: 3 is then used to extract the corresponding value from the
INDEX(C11:C14, ...), viz it'll return the 3rd element from C11:C14, ie
what's in C13
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[Trefor]

Max or anyone that can understand this,

The forumlae you did for me will give me a value in another column within
the array. Is it possible for the result to be the row within the array? That
way I calculate the row once and can then use the row number as a reference
to pull data from other columns in the array/table.

 

[Trefor]

Do you actually need to lookup each individual column or can you check and
array/table?

So my problem is this (using current cell references not what is in this
thread):

I have a table: C11:M47

In Columns D - G there is a list of names that I trying to find an exact
match with the value in C3. There could be multiple matches, so as a second
criteria I want to see if the value in C4 can be found (i.e. not an exact
match) in the column H11:H47.

If a double match is found, then I would like the row number or the row
within the table. With the row I will then select the data from various
columns in the table.