Excel Magic Trick 323: Partial Text VLOOKUP (Fuzzy Match)
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Two formulas: VLOOKUP function with wild card criteria for the lookup_value and LOOKUP / SEARCH functions formula with 2^15 number. See what happens when there are duplicates: the two formulas behave differently (VLOOKUP returns first and LOOKUP SEARCH returns last).
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Fuzzy Match 
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Okay this video is 12 years old nice, it worked and it helped..
This is so helpful I can't even express. I've just saved hours and hours of brainless work. Thanks for the great videos.
Damn, video is 14 years old yet still solved my excel problems, Thanks Man!
Perfect trick and very usable thank you very much. For those who cannot solve the problem with the trick, also try to google "fuzzy lookup excel add in"....
Love it, 10000 records and this solution perfect. Thank you excells fun
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Thank you very much my friend. I was looking for this formula.
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Great tip about the duplicates. Awesome 👌🆒️🙌
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Bloody genius! Thanks mate!
For the opposite way, longer strings matching shorter strings you need to use just a part of the longer string For ex, if the beginning is the same in both you can use: vlookup(Trim(Left(cell value,5))&"*";table/range;3;false), what i did was telling excel to look for only the first 5 characters from the longer string into the shorter string starting from the left and if they match it will give me the result from the column 3 with perfect match. It can work similarly for the right side, just replace left function with the right function. Hope it helps.
Cool. Thank You.
Also, for longer text strings you can use TRIM function as your search lookup value...for the first portion of the string "(TRIM(LEFT(K1,10))" to just look at the first part of the text.
THANKS A LOT. It's working brilliantly.
Thank you. I have reached out to Mrexcel. Sorry you are so busy. Best of luck.
-Trish
Thanks buddy! This helped a lot!
Awesome!. From long hours looking for this. Thanks for sharing youtube. Kudos!
such a very helpful video
Thank you so much man. It helped me a lot
Works like a charm
If you are matching 2 columns, try:
Excel Magic Trick 528: Check Two Lists For Discrepancies MATCH and VLOOKUP functions
Excellent, you saved my time Man. TA
Man you are awesome
Glad to help!
thank you
thank you it worked
Wondering if this can be reversed (i.e. can you start with the longer text string and have it look up a shorter one)? Also, can this be done with index / match?
Very very helpful. Thank you
Thanks! variables are going to be very helpful!
Helpful! Thank you!
Dear planiolro,
The solution is already doing an aproximate match. I don't know how to do an aproximate aproximate match.
--excelisfun
Maybe try the lookup_value as:
=LEFT(cell,4)
OMG Thanks so much, this helped me immensely
Damn did someone just let one go 1:52 😳
BTW great tutorial lol
@zaance26 , Fuzzy Lookup will never work perfectly and will not always work with misspelled words. It may work ocassionally and other times it will not work. There is just no wway that will work 100% of the time with Fuzzy Math.
Thanks a lot. Very Helpful
Nice information
Try thsi video:
Excel 2010 Magic Trick 798: Partial Text Lookup Formula To Return Multiple E-mail Records
Awesome! Thanks for you great videos!
Try this video:
Mr Excel & excelisfun Trick 54: Approximate Lookup To Return Multiple Items
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thanks
this was awesome
Brilliant!
Thanks
Thank you for so much knowledge shared... You rock ! I need help though, I am trying to get partial lookup for number i.e. for valu 657.58 I want to look 65* in another table... My formula (idea) was VLOOKUP(LEFT (C2,2)&"*",'DEC'!E:E,1,0) tank you in advance...
how to do if i want to return a partial text instead of looking for a partial text?
I am currently overwhelmed at work (80 + hours per week)...
If you have specific Excel questions try this other Excel site:
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Dear planiolro,
If you do a search at the Mr Excel Message Board for "Fuzzy Match", there is some amazing VBA code that will help to reduce the duplicate problem.
--excelisfun
thank you sir
Tru this video:
Mr Excel & excelisfun Trick 54: Approximate Lookup To Return Multiple Items
Thaaaanks a lot :)
Thanks for the info. I have a question, what If the cell we are trying to identify has more text than the ones that appears on the range, how can we use the formula, If it´s impossible, do you know another method to do that. Thank you in advance for your support.
Maybe it's time to pull this video? It's 12 years old. Excel has evolved.
Not yet, the majority of the still uses Excel 2010. So this video is for the majority. We that have Microsoft 365 are lucky to have all the evolved features such as XLOOKUP. I have a video for you will all the latest fuzzy loook tips: ruclips.net/video/bIAmSdklRdo/видео.html
Hello,
i am a regular follower of videos and learnt a lot about excel by seeing your videos.
by profession i am a analyst and i need some help from you and it is something similar to the video you have posted.
i have two names in lookup array (dasgupta and r gupta). whereas my lookup value is only "gupta". when i am doing the approximate match, it is picking up dasgupta whereas it has to ideally pick gupta. it does so because vlookup picks up the first occurance it comes across the array. but, is there any better way to look for most appropriate name from the lookup array to get the most ideal results
will be waiting for your reply
Thanks in advance
Best
Kishore
Hello there, thank you for all your amazing videos! I'm using the data validation for a list of categories I have in my checking account on excel. I'm trying to have excel automatically display one of the several categories based in a related partial word found in the description leger. For example: =IF(OR(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("WAL-MART",C2)),ISNUMBER(SEARCH ("office Depot",C2))), "GROCERIES", "OFFICE SUPPLIES") will only display one or the other. Can a function be repeated several times in the same cell in order to display any of the 20+ categories in the list? if so, can you give an example of how to do it? I hope I'm making any sense to you, thank you so much : )
Hi,
You explain to bring a vlookup value for a substring. How can I do the vice versa? i.e. I have substring (John) and values next to it (Male). and I have strings (Mr. John Bay), I want to bring "male" value next to the "Mr. John Bay". Would you please help me with this formula?
What if I wanted to list not just the first and last values but all matched values?
U videos are helping a lot..need a favour...How can i get a country's name automatically when i enter the state name in a cell. I have given the source datas in the seperate sheet...can u help me on this..
Hi Mike, Thank you for the video. I have a situation where I have both Don and McDonalds and I would like the lookup to return their respective matches. With the 2^15 formula, it always returns the last match. I work in a school where there is a ana and svetlana, but they have different fields against them.
Hello, did you find any solution???
what is its the other way around? If my table contains "small" and what i am looking up is "small and long" so find the value bc it contains the word "small" and more.
Hi teacher
The fuzzy is similar to char or term?
It is not working please help. Want to apply vlookup between texts (No numbers) and texts are exactly same in both tables
Hi, I think your videos are fantastic. I apologise if you've answered previously - but what if the look up value is anything from within the string. Say "Blue Loctite 571B 50ml with pump gun" and the Lookup table may read like "Loctite 571 Adhesive 50ml". Neither table matches but I would like the search to suggest the record based on a partial match, automatically. So the common string being "Loctite 571". Appreciate your advise.
hi . i just read your comment and i have this idea: instead of searching "Loctite 571" you may search "Loctite 571 " with space at the end after 1 . i hope that this helps. enjoy!
Is there a way to use lookup and match to find a value which corresponds to the last four digits of a specific date (year)when the lookup value is only listed once in a column but the rows are which correspond to the lookup value are listed in another column on several rows? Col A - Tenant, COl B date, Col C rent. But within B&C row 1-20. Row quantity varies based on tenant lease terms.
Hi there, thanks your video, really good
and I have a question which is how can I vlookup the previous letters to match with the table_array? like abcd , abcdefg, i just want to match the first 4 letters in two columns with thousand same data like that.. plz give me some advices.. really urgent and thanks so so so much
can you pls do also a reverse partial lookup
I need to do a vlookup with wrap text. How can I do that?
what if i wanted to match for names, and some people put the last name first and then a comma before the first name, instead of first name last name? e.g. Bill Gates vs Gates, Bill? Which formula suits?
I am not sure how to solve that. You can try posting to THE best Excel question site:
mrexcel [dot] com/forum
Good
Thanks again.. I'm so 10 yrs late
You are welcome, Mylene! It is never too late : ) : ) See you in the next one!
@@excelisfun definitely!!
How would it work in opposite way? I have for instance " Smith P," that I'm looking for, in a table that has "Smith" in one row, and in second there is number associated with it. Thanks
I want to match long string in small string but this formula is not working, can u just replace text with substring and tell us how we can put the formula
how can i extract particular text strings (string list available in a diff sheet) from address column in MS Excel?
I see that one option returns first and the other returns last. I want to return all true results. Whats the best way to do that? is it simply an "if" statement?
Sir, help me please. Why did my result come out as "Mr Hensen" instead of "Mr Williams" ?. I use your given Excel file..and it turn red in colour for F17.
The way he provided didn't work for me. I think its because he is using an older version (as this was posted in 2009). I'm using Excel 2013 on Windows. The ways that worked for me were:
=VLOOKUP("*"& E8 &"*",B8:C14,2,FALSE)
=VLOOKUP("*Cable and Wireless*",B8:C14,2,FALSE)
Although it still wasn't perfect and sometimes game me a N/A return.
Cell A1= 25,7,3,61
Cell B1= 7,3
Now I want to delete comman value jese value(7,3) dono cells me he so I want final result in C1=25,61 kyu ki ye value B1 me nhi he
Cell C1= 25,61 aana cheye
Hi, i faced issue. When using vlookup + wild card for a large data, i faced super slow result when calculating those data using the formula. any solution to counter the issue?
If we have duplicates what the solution then?
How can I use vlookup with partial string and multiple criteria
How come those wild cards do not work in hebrew? I've tried looking for a partial text string that is not always in the same position. Your solution here of "*"&cell ref w. partial text string&"*" works in english but not in hebrew. I've tried several times.
Hi,
What if i needed to extract both the matches found i.e duplicates, what formula can i use?
Sir, why 2v 15 taken. Pl explain, sir.
Hi, I have created a worksheet of data listing people's names, their team leaders and ops managers. In trying to transfer this data onto a different sheet. how would i go about doing this ? Thanks
Hi - this is really cool. how about if Column E and Column B is swapped? Where Column E is a longer string and Colume B is a sub-string of Colume E?
Hey, did you managed to find this after 5 years. hahaha. Im in a similar situation now.
@@syafiqzulkepli2761 did you find a solution for this? Please let me know , i too in similar situation now.
Is there a way to identify that a "key word" in the array exists in the lookup value, then reference the column? (i.e. My bank statement says "CHECK CRD PURCHASE 08/03 TRADER JOE'S" and I have an array that has a column saying "trader joe","groceries". I would want then "groceries" returned next to the bank statement.) Thoughts?