Spreadsheet VLOOKUP: Search in second column and return first
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Try this solution:
=INDEX(A:B,MATCH(2,B:B,0),1)
This chooses a specific cell out of a matrix.
MATCH
retrieves the row inside the matrix B:B
where "2" was found with exact match (0).
INDEX
uses this row, and a given column (1), to refer to a specific cell inside a matrix A:B
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"Foo" would be in column A, "Bar" would be column B.
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Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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Alex over 1 year
In Excel or OpenOffice calc I have
| Foo | Bar | +-----+-----+ | A | 1 | | B | 2 |
Is it possible to use
VLOOKUP
to search a value in the Bar column and return the value in the Foo column?-
AndrewC over 11 yearsNo it isn't, which is why Jook's answer doesn't use it.
VLOOKUP
can only use the left hand column. -
pensono almost 8 yearsPossible duplicate of: superuser.com/questions/645039/…
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FiddlingAway over 2 years+1 Also working in Google Sheets.