=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 String Matching
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 in Column "B" on 2nd Sheet From Sheet
1.
Since the names are not exactly matching I need your help otherwise a simple
vlookup formula would have done the task for me.
Just to simplify my query and for a better understanding I would put the
formula which I would have used if the naming convention on both the sheets
were same.
=VLOOKUP(A1,Sheet1!$A:$A,1,FALSE) in (cell B1 - Sheet 2)
It will help me in reducing the manual work and also I would learn it..
Thanks,
Anish
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