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In response to "on sheet 1, yes -- nm" by znufrii

sfek, sheet 2 will have each name once followed by up to four dates -- nm

Posted by znufrii Apr 4 '11, 15:09

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how many names are we talking about? -- nm - loosilu Apr 4, 15:09 14
- 250-ish? - znufrii Apr 4, 15:11 13
  - oh lord, don't do manual anything. VLOOKUP -- nm - loosilu Apr 4, 15:11 12
    - any idea how I would get VLOOKUP to return up to 4 different dates for the same search value? -- nm - znufrii Apr 4, 15:14 11
      - do the names repeat in col1? how many cols for the date? -- nm - loosilu Apr 4, 15:15 10
        
        on sheet one, yes, names will likely appear more than once, each with a different date. I need to capture up to the first four instances. - znufrii Apr 4, 15:16 9
        
        I think pivot tables. -- nm - loosilu Apr 4, 15:20
        
        This is starting to sound like a pivot table situation... -- nm - con_carne Apr 4, 15:18 7
        
        DUH! - znufrii Apr 4, 15:19 6
        
        OH!!!! you could do "countif". -- nm - loosilu Apr 4, 15:20 5
        
        brilliant! *kisses you on both cheeks* - znufrii Apr 4, 15:21 4
        
        dont' know if this will help, but sometimes I put in an additional column with a number series. - loosilu Apr 4, 15:24 3
        
        the harder part will be cleaning up the data on sheet 1 to make sure the company names are all consistent with what I have on sheet 2. - znufrii Apr 4, 15:28 2
        
        if the first part of the names is always correct, you can do "left([number of chars]) to choose the first part of the word. - loosilu Apr 4, 16:02 1
        
        if i had been the one designing the database, i would've done something like the IM, but alas -- nm - znufrii Apr 4, 16:29

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