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Cannon
Cannon

Reputation: 2783

How to vlookup each comma separated value from range?

I have one data sheet with codes as csv Other reference data sheet with each code and name it corresponds to.

How do I vlookup multiple items and return corresponding names Cell B2 is where I want to vlookup and get Test,Abc

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Upvotes: 0

Views: 453

Answers (1)

Scott Craner
Scott Craner

Reputation: 152450

If one has TEXTJOIN use:

=TEXTJOIN(", ",TRUE,IFERROR(VLOOKUP(FILTERXML("<a><b>"&SUBSTITUTE(A2,",","</b><b>")&"</b></a>","//b"),D:E,2,FALSE),""))

Depending on one's version this may need to be confirmed with Ctrl-Shift-Enter instead of Enter when exiting edit mode.

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If one does not have text join, put this code in a module attached to the workbook.

Function TEXTJOIN(delim As String, skipblank As Boolean, arr)
    Dim d As Long
    Dim c As Long
    Dim arr2()
    Dim t As Long, y As Long
    t = -1
    y = -1
    If TypeName(arr) = "Range" Then
        arr2 = arr.Value
    Else
        arr2 = arr
    End If
    On Error Resume Next
    t = UBound(arr2, 2)
    y = UBound(arr2, 1)
    On Error GoTo 0

    If t >= 0 And y >= 0 Then
        For c = LBound(arr2, 1) To UBound(arr2, 1)
            For d = LBound(arr2, 1) To UBound(arr2, 2)
                If arr2(c, d) <> "" Or Not skipblank Then
                    TEXTJOIN = TEXTJOIN & arr2(c, d) & delim
                End If
            Next d
        Next c
    Else
        For c = LBound(arr2) To UBound(arr2)
            If arr2(c) <> "" Or Not skipblank Then
                TEXTJOIN = TEXTJOIN & arr2(c) & delim
            End If
        Next c
    End If
    TEXTJOIN = Left(TEXTJOIN, Len(TEXTJOIN) - Len(delim))
End Function

Then use the formula:

=TEXTJOIN(", ",TRUE,LOOKUP(FILTERXML("<a><b>"&SUBSTITUTE(A2,",","</b><b>")&"</b></a>","//b"),D:D,E:E))

using Ctrl-Shift-Enter to confirm. Also make sure the lookup table is sorted ascending on the lookup column.

Upvotes: 3

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