You could use a combination of Haseeb's formula and this array formula
=INDEX(Sheet1!$A:$A,MIN(IFERROR(MATCH(RIGHT(A2,ABS(LEN(A2)+1-ROW(INDEX($A:$A,1):INDEX($A:$A,LEN(A2)))))&"*",Sheet1!$A:$A,0),"")))
The trick would be to identify *when* you would use either...
Sam Mathai Chacko (GL)
On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 5:24 PM, jmothilal <gjmothi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> *Dear friend,
>
>
> =VLOOKUP("*"&A1&"*",Sheet1!A:A,1,0)
>
> please help me after vlookup "*",&a1&"*"
>
> Thanks with
>
> Mothilal
>
> *
>
> On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 7:31 PM, Anish Shrivastava <anish....@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> 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:
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>>> *Sent:* Monday, July 11, 2011 3:43 PM
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>>> *Subject:* $$Excel-Macros$$ Need help on String Matching****
>>>
>>> ** **
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>>> Hello Experts,****
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>>> I am writing this mail with a great hope.****
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>>> Please see the attached file where I have 2 sheets with data populated
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>>> ****
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>>> 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)****
>>>
>>> ****
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>>> It will help me in reducing the manual work and also I would learn it..*
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