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Vlookup using the first 4 characters and will give multiple results horizontally
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Hi,

 

Need some advice. I need to create a spreadsheet in where in sheet 1 once I put the text in column A2, it will search if this name is available or present in sheet 2.

I need to use the first four characters of the name in col. A2 to find some matches in sheet 2 and it will give the results horizontally.

Example: the data that I have inputted in sheet 1 A2 is Eastman, Results will appear in B2, C2, D2 and so on.

 

Name(a2)             Result1(b2)         Result2(c3)       Result3(d4)

Eastman                  Eastway           Eastwest          Eastman

 

Once wondering what formula to use in this. 

Thanks for the help.

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Provided you are on Excel for MS365 or 2021, you can use TRANSPOSE and FILTER. Let's say the list of keywords in Sheet2 is in a named range called "myList", the following formula in B2 will produce what you ask for.

=TRANSPOSE(FILTER(myList,LEFT(myList,4)=LEFT(A2,4)))

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Thanks for this.

I tried using this formula but says function is not valid. Was wondering if you can attach the sample excel so I can look at it?

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Hi,

 

it seems the filter is not working as it says function not valid. Is there a simple vlookup function instead?

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Sorry to have missed your original answer. Attaching the file I used in my example. Not that it doesn't work if you don't have Excel for MS365 or 2021.

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No worries and thanks. 

I tried changing the text in A2 but suddenly the formulas in B2-D2 became #Name. Even copying the formula on the next row results to that error.

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Hello,

I have borrowed the sample file that Riny uploaded, added two helper columns and use the first helper column to find matching data.
See attached file for an example.

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