Excel Vlookup multi column

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Guru as I am, I have been tasked with solving something, and I can't!

There is a sheet that requires look-up table values in a column.
It is in this format...

Col A - Col B - Vlookup()

The sheet the data for Column Vlookup() is in is in the format...

Col A - Col B - Col C

Column A holds the value I wish to put into the third column of the first sheet.

HOWEVER!

Whilst normally this would be easy, in this case I need to use 2 columns for the look up and the compare.

How?

I have tried Vlookup(A1&B1,[Datatable],1,T) but it doesn't work.

Posted 5-Oct-10 5:11am

Dalek Dave

Updated 5-Oct-10 5:35am

LittleYellowBird

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LittleYellowBird 5-Oct-10 11:37am

Hehe, spotted spelling mistake and couldn't help myself but correct it! OK it was a typo really... but :)

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Bassam Abdul-Baki · Answer 1 · 2010-10-22T15:32:00

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I'm not really understanding why you need to use both columns, but it still comes from one. However, you can always use an unused delimiter to concatenate the two columns and use that as a single lookup. Make sure it is sorted correctly though.

Posted 22-Oct-10 15:32pm

Bassam Abdul-Baki