Comments on: Lookup values in a range using two or more criteria and return multiple matches in excel http://www.get-digital-help.com/2010/01/03/lookup-values-in-a-range-using-two-or-more-criteria-and-return-multiple-matches-in-excel/ Quality excel resource Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:14:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jarodhttp://www.get-digital-help.com/2010/01/03/lookup-values-in-a-range-using-two-or-more-criteria-and-return-multiple-matches-in-excel/comment-page-1/#comment-20874 Jarod Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:45:29 +0000 http://www.get-digital-help.com/?p=3323#comment-20874 Nevermind! I searched some of the other posts on this site and found that a UDF would do the trick. THANKS! Nevermind! I searched some of the other posts on this site and found that a UDF would do the trick.

THANKS!

]]> By: Jarodhttp://www.get-digital-help.com/2010/01/03/lookup-values-in-a-range-using-two-or-more-criteria-and-return-multiple-matches-in-excel/comment-page-1/#comment-20868 Jarod Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:34:36 +0000 http://www.get-digital-help.com/?p=3323#comment-20868 Hello, not sure if this post is followed any more, but I am wondering if it is possible to complete the search as described above and concatenate all results into one cell? (I realize depending on the search, we could be looking at hitting cell text limits) Thanks for any help you can provide! Hello, not sure if this post is followed any more, but I am wondering if it is possible to complete the search as described above and concatenate all results into one cell? (I realize depending on the search, we could be looking at hitting cell text limits)

Thanks for any help you can provide!

]]> By: Ianhttp://www.get-digital-help.com/2010/01/03/lookup-values-in-a-range-using-two-or-more-criteria-and-return-multiple-matches-in-excel/comment-page-1/#comment-2922 Ian Thu, 25 Mar 2010 10:03:44 +0000 http://www.get-digital-help.com/?p=3323#comment-2922 Thank you. That is exactly what I was looking for. And, even better, I think I'm beginning to understand how these things work, as well. Thanks again. Ian Thank you. That is exactly what I was looking for. And, even better, I think I'm beginning to understand how these things work, as well.

Thanks again.

Ian

]]> By: Oscarhttp://www.get-digital-help.com/2010/01/03/lookup-values-in-a-range-using-two-or-more-criteria-and-return-multiple-matches-in-excel/comment-page-1/#comment-2912 Oscar Tue, 23 Mar 2010 21:50:20 +0000 http://www.get-digital-help.com/?p=3323#comment-2912 Ian, Try this: =INDEX(tbl, (SMALL(IF(COUNTIF(search_col, tbl)>0, (COLUMN(tbl)-MIN(COLUMN(tbl))+1)+(ROW(tbl)-MIN(ROW(tbl))+1)/65536), ROW(A1))-SMALL(IF(COUNTIF(search_col, tbl)>0, COLUMN(tbl)-MIN(COLUMN(tbl))+1), ROW(A1)))*65536, SMALL(IF(COUNTIF(search_col, tbl)>0, COLUMN(tbl)-MIN(COLUMN(tbl))+1), ROW(A1))+1) + CTRL + SHIFT + ENTER. Copy cell and paste it down as far as needed. Thanks for commenting! Ian,

Try this:

=INDEX(tbl, (SMALL(IF(COUNTIF(search_col, tbl)>0, (COLUMN(tbl)-MIN(COLUMN(tbl))+1)+(ROW(tbl)-MIN(ROW(tbl))+1)/65536), ROW(A1))-SMALL(IF(COUNTIF(search_col, tbl)>0, COLUMN(tbl)-MIN(COLUMN(tbl))+1), ROW(A1)))*65536, SMALL(IF(COUNTIF(search_col, tbl)>0, COLUMN(tbl)-MIN(COLUMN(tbl))+1), ROW(A1))+1) + CTRL + SHIFT + ENTER. Copy cell and paste it down as far as needed.

Thanks for commenting!

]]> By: Ianhttp://www.get-digital-help.com/2010/01/03/lookup-values-in-a-range-using-two-or-more-criteria-and-return-multiple-matches-in-excel/comment-page-1/#comment-2900 Ian Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:36:24 +0000 http://www.get-digital-help.com/?p=3323#comment-2900 Sorry, I wasn't clear, although this helps a lot with a couple of other things I'm looking at. In the example you used, the formula effectively searches each row in the table in turn so that the first result is from the third pair of columns (2009 March), the second result from the first pair of columns (2009 January), the third result from the second pair of columns (2009 February). What this does is return all relevant results from the first row, then all relevant resutls from the second row, and so on. What I'm trying to do is to return all relevant result from the first pair of columns, then all relevant results from the second pair of columns, then all relevant results from the third pair of columns, and so on (there could be 4 or 5 pairs of columns, possibly more), where for each pair of columns the results are returned reading down the columns. This would produce a set of results for your example which looks like: Johnson Miller Taylor Lopez and so on and if South Dakota was added to the list of criteria, the results would look like: Johnson Williams Miller Wilson Taylor Lopez I hope that makes more sense. But is it possible to do it like that? Thanks for your help so far. Regards, Ian Sorry, I wasn't clear, although this helps a lot with a couple of other things I'm looking at.

In the example you used, the formula effectively searches each row in the table in turn so that the first result is from the third pair of columns (2009 March), the second result from the first pair of columns (2009 January), the third result from the second pair of columns (2009 February). What this does is return all relevant results from the first row, then all relevant resutls from the second row, and so on.

What I'm trying to do is to return all relevant result from the first pair of columns, then all relevant results from the second pair of columns, then all relevant results from the third pair of columns, and so on (there could be 4 or 5 pairs of columns, possibly more), where for each pair of columns the results are returned reading down the columns. This would produce a set of results for your example which looks like:

Johnson
Miller
Taylor
Lopez

and so on and if South Dakota was added to the list of criteria, the results would look like:

Johnson
Williams
Miller
Wilson
Taylor
Lopez

I hope that makes more sense. But is it possible to do it like that? Thanks for your help so far.

Regards,

Ian

]]> By: Oscarhttp://www.get-digital-help.com/2010/01/03/lookup-values-in-a-range-using-two-or-more-criteria-and-return-multiple-matches-in-excel/comment-page-1/#comment-2881 Oscar Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:17:09 +0000 http://www.get-digital-help.com/?p=3323#comment-2881 Ian, Question 1: <em>I would like the results to appear in column-row order rather than the row-column order that appears here but can't work out how to do this let alone whether it is even possible.</em> Answer 1: The results are in a column in the above example. I guess you want them in a row? Copy this formula into a cell: =INDEX(tbl, SMALL(IF(COUNTIF(search_col, tbl)>0, ROW(tbl)-MIN(ROW(tbl))+1), COLUMN(A1)), (SMALL(IF(COUNTIF(search_col, tbl)>0, ((ROW(tbl)-MIN(ROW(tbl))+1)+(COLUMN(tbl)-MIN(COLUMN(tbl))+1)/16384)*1), COLUMN(A1))-SMALL(IF(COUNTIF(search_col, tbl)>0, ROW(tbl)-MIN(ROW(tbl))+1), COLUMN(A1)))*16384+1) + CTRL + SHIFT + ENTER. Copy the cell and paste it to the right as far as needed. Ian,

Question 1:

I would like the results to appear in column-row order rather than the row-column order that appears here but can't work out how to do this let alone whether it is even possible.

Answer 1: The results are in a column in the above example. I guess you want them in a row?

Copy this formula into a cell:

=INDEX(tbl, SMALL(IF(COUNTIF(search_col, tbl)>0, ROW(tbl)-MIN(ROW(tbl))+1), COLUMN(A1)), (SMALL(IF(COUNTIF(search_col, tbl)>0, ((ROW(tbl)-MIN(ROW(tbl))+1)+(COLUMN(tbl)-MIN(COLUMN(tbl))+1)/16384)*1), COLUMN(A1))-SMALL(IF(COUNTIF(search_col, tbl)>0, ROW(tbl)-MIN(ROW(tbl))+1), COLUMN(A1)))*16384+1) + CTRL + SHIFT + ENTER. Copy the cell and paste it to the right as far as needed.

]]> By: Ianhttp://www.get-digital-help.com/2010/01/03/lookup-values-in-a-range-using-two-or-more-criteria-and-return-multiple-matches-in-excel/comment-page-1/#comment-2873 Ian Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:13:37 +0000 http://www.get-digital-help.com/?p=3323#comment-2873 Thanks for all the examples you've provided. I've been looking for a lookup like this one for some time and this does almost what I want. Unfortunately, I can't make enough sense of what happens internally to adapt it exactly - it feels like trying to visualise 4 dimensions in a 3 dimensional world. Ideally, I would like the results to appear in column-row order rather than the row-column order that appears here but can't work out how to do this let alone whether it is even possible. I also can't work out why various bits related to the column number in the index function are multiplied or divided by 16384. Can anyone point me in the right direction on this? I'd also quite like to find a way of sorting the results by search term so that, for example, all the results for the first search term (here, Maine) are listed, followed by all the results for the second search term (here South Carolina), and so on. Again, is this possible? I also found that changing the 1 prior to the /16384 had the same effect as changing the 1 after the *16384 but am not sure whether this was simply fortuitous or not. Regards, Ian Thanks for all the examples you've provided. I've been looking for a lookup like this one for some time and this does almost what I want. Unfortunately, I can't make enough sense of what happens internally to adapt it exactly - it feels like trying to visualise 4 dimensions in a 3 dimensional world. Ideally, I would like the results to appear in column-row order rather than the row-column order that appears here but can't work out how to do this let alone whether it is even possible. I also can't work out why various bits related to the column number in the index function are multiplied or divided by 16384. Can anyone point me in the right direction on this?

I'd also quite like to find a way of sorting the results by search term so that, for example, all the results for the first search term (here, Maine) are listed, followed by all the results for the second search term (here South Carolina), and so on. Again, is this possible?

I also found that changing the 1 prior to the /16384 had the same effect as changing the 1 after the *16384 but am not sure whether this was simply fortuitous or not.

Regards,

Ian

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