I'm going to oversimply my example for the sake of making my point, so
please don't ask "why bother doing that?"
Sheet1 has a list of product ID (SKU) values. Sheet2 has a list of *some*
of those values, plus another cell that represents the cost of that item.
How can I put the cost value from Sheet2 next to the ID value in Sheet1,
where Sheet2 has the cost.
Example of Sheet1:
ID COST
123 {the formula I want will pull the $75 value from Sheet2
data}
124 {the formula I want wont find answer in Sheet2 data}
125 {the formula I want will pull the $20 value from Sheet2
data}
126 {the formula I want wont find answer in Sheet2 data}
Example of Sheet2:
ID NAME COST
123 Golf Club $75
125 Book $20
So what formula can I put in Sheet1 to pull the cost data WHERE IT FINDS A
MATCH in Sheet2? Thanks.
Dave Peterson - 30 Jan 2005 21:42 GMT
Try =vlookup()
Visit Debra Dalgleish's site:
http://www.contextures.com/xlFunctions02.html
for some nice instructions.
(BTW, this is a very common task for excel users to do.)
> I'm going to oversimply my example for the sake of making my point, so
> please don't ask "why bother doing that?"
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> So what formula can I put in Sheet1 to pull the cost data WHERE IT FINDS A
> MATCH in Sheet2? Thanks.

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Dave Peterson
AFN - 30 Jan 2005 21:56 GMT
got it to work, thanks!
> Try =vlookup()
>
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> > So what formula can I put in Sheet1 to pull the cost data WHERE IT FINDS A
> > MATCH in Sheet2? Thanks.