Thanks Ankur, Rajan, Haseeb and Ashish for helping me.. :) On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 5:37 PM, Rajan_Verma <rajanverma1...@gmail.com>wrote:
> *=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**** > > -- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Some important links for excel users: > 1. Follow us on TWITTER for tips tricks and links : > http://twitter.com/exceldailytip > 2. Join our LinkedIN group @ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1871310 > 3. Excel tutorials at http://www.excel-macros.blogspot.com > 4. Learn VBA Macros at http://www.quickvba.blogspot.com > 5. Excel Tips and Tricks at http://exceldailytip.blogspot.com > > To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com > > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> > Like our page on facebook , Just follow below link > http://www.facebook.com/discussexcel**** > > -- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Some important links for excel users: > 1. Follow us on TWITTER for tips tricks and links : > http://twitter.com/exceldailytip > 2. Join our LinkedIN group @ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1871310 > 3. Excel tutorials at http://www.excel-macros.blogspot.com > 4. Learn VBA Macros at http://www.quickvba.blogspot.com > 5. Excel Tips and Tricks at http://exceldailytip.blogspot.com > > To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com > > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> > Like our page on facebook , Just follow below link > http://www.facebook.com/discussexcel > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some important links for excel users: 1. Follow us on TWITTER for tips tricks and links : http://twitter.com/exceldailytip 2. Join our LinkedIN group @ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1871310 3. Excel tutorials at http://www.excel-macros.blogspot.com 4. Learn VBA Macros at http://www.quickvba.blogspot.com 5. Excel Tips and Tricks at http://exceldailytip.blogspot.com To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Like our page on facebook , Just follow below link http://www.facebook.com/discussexcel