Re: $$Excel-Macros$$ Need help on String Matching

2011-09-21 Thread Sam Mathai Chacko
*",Sheet1!A:A,1,0)* >>> >>> *Use this* >>> >>> * * >>> >>> *From:* excel-macros@googlegroups.com [mailto: >>> excel-macros@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Anish Shrivastava >>> *Sent:* Monday, July 11, 2011 3:43 PM >

Re: $$Excel-Macros$$ Need help on String Matching

2011-09-21 Thread jmothilal
cros@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Anish Shrivastava >> *Sent:* Monday, July 11, 2011 3:43 PM >> *To:* excel-macros@googlegroups.com >> *Subject:* $$Excel-Macros$$ Need help on String Matching >> >> ** ** >> >> Hello Experts, >> >>

Re: $$Excel-Macros$$ Need help on String Matching

2011-09-21 Thread Anish Shrivastava
Hi Haseeb, Thanks for you help on this query but recently I noticed onething, this formula works when we have to match strings from left. In this case it works fine. But when I have the below scenario, it doesnt work properly. For example, in source sheet I have "Analex Corporation" and in Destin

Re: $$Excel-Macros$$ Need help on String Matching

2011-07-19 Thread Anish Shrivastava
Hey Haseeb, This formula is AWESOME man... Tooo goood.. helped me big time.. A big THANK YOU :) Thanks, Anish On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 8:25 AM, Haseeb Avarakkan < haseeb.avarak...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, Try this Array Formula. Must hit CONTROL+SHIFT+ENTER, rather than > ENTER. > > > =INDEX(

Re: $$Excel-Macros$$ Need help on String Matching

2011-07-12 Thread Anish Shrivastava
s@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Anish Shrivastava > *Sent:* Monday, July 11, 2011 3:43 PM > *To:* excel-macros@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* $$Excel-Macros$$ Need help on String Matching > > ** ** > > Hello Experts, > > > > I am writing this mail with a

RE: $$Excel-Macros$$ Need help on String Matching

2011-07-12 Thread Rajan_Verma
=VLOOKUP("*"&A1&"*",Sheet1!A:A,1,0) Use this From: excel-macros@googlegroups.com [mailto:excel-macros@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Anish Shrivastava Sent: Monday, July 11, 2011 3:43 PM To: excel-macros@googlegroups.com Subject: $$Excel-Macros$$ Need help on Strin

Re: $$Excel-Macros$$ Need help on String Matching

2011-07-11 Thread Anish Shrivastava
Hi Ashish, This one looks great but it will only help if few of the characters at the end of the text is missing. For Example - "Guitar Center, ." (row # 1650) in the 2nd sheet is not able to find the value because it's "Guitar Center, Inc." in sheet one. *I wanted something like which matches t

Re: $$Excel-Macros$$ Need help on String Matching

2011-07-11 Thread ashish koul
try this VLOOKUP(A1&"*",Sheet1!$A:$A,1,0) On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 3:42 PM, Anish Shrivastava wrote: > Hello Experts, > > I am writing this mail with a great hope. > > Please see the attached file where I have 2 sheets with data populated > column "A". > > I want to find the best possible match i