Thanks De Premor,
Your code works on any sheet.
Regards
Rashid Khan
On Wednesday, August 21, 2013 3:22:48 AM UTC+4, De Premor wrote:
>
> try to replace current code with this
>
> Function LookForCode(Str As String, Data As Range, Colx As Integer,
> Optional Delim As String = "]")
> Dim Kode, Tmp As String
> For Each Kode In Split(Str, Delim)
> If Kode <> "" Then Tmp = Tmp & " " &
> WorksheetFunction.VLookup(Kode, Data, Colx, 0)
> Next
> LookForCode = Trim(Tmp)
> End Function
>
> Pada 20/08/2013 22:56, prkhan56 menulis:
>
> Thanks Ravinder,
> Couple of things if you would kindly rectify it please.
>
> 1) For some reason, the UDF does not work for codes which is not on the
> active sheet. I had posted my problem for sake of explanation on the same
> sheet but in reality it is on other sheet.
> 2) If you could please convert it to a macro so that I can *select the
> codes* on any sheet in the active workbook and run the macro then it
> would *replace the codes with the answer on the same cell.*
>
> Really appreciate your help as it would save me lot of time.
> Regards
> Rashid Khan
>
>
> On Monday, August 19, 2013 11:49:04 AM UTC+4, Ravinder Negi wrote:
>
>>
>> PFA.....There are three argument in UDF first lookup value ,
>> lookarea(range),colnum
>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* Rashid Khan <prkh...@gmail.com>
>> *To:* excel-...@googlegroups.com
>> *Sent:* Sunday, August 18, 2013 9:32 PM
>> *Subject:* $$Excel-Macros$$ Formula or UDF to do Vlookup for values
>> delimited with ]
>>
>> Hello All,
>> I am attaching a sample of my problem.
>> I need to do Vlookup from a Range which has Codes in Col A and Text in
>> Col B.
>>
>> I want to have the output required (highlighted in Yellow) on Col D based
>> on the Answers Col C.
>>
>> My problem is that the Codes are delimited with ].
>> I do not want to separate the Answers using Text to Column.
>>
>> I tried the following and got the desired result if there is only one
>> code in the Answers Column.
>> =VLOOKUP(LEFT(C2,FIND("]",C2)-1),RangeCodes,2,0)
>>
>> As you can see in the attached sheet if there are many Codes combined
>> together then I cannot get the desired result.
>>
>>
>>
>> Is there a formula or a UDF which can give me the desired result.
>>
>> Please note that there are several Columns with the Codes combined. I
>> have just used a sample column to demonstrate my problem.
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Rashid Khan
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