$$Excel-Macros$$ Looking Up Words When You Only Have A Few Letters

2011-10-21 Thread John A. Smith
Esteemed Group, I would like to know if there is a formula that would allow you to type ian in a cell and have it look up and find Giant Wing in a list of unique words. Please see the attached example. Thank you very much for your help. John --

Re: $$Excel-Macros$$ Looking Up Words When You Only Have A Few Letters

2011-10-21 Thread ashish koul
VLOOKUP(*H4*,E:E,1,0) On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 4:49 PM, John A. Smith johnasmit...@gmail.comwrote: Esteemed Group, I would like to know if there is a formula that would allow you to type ian in a cell and have it look up and find Giant Wing in a list of unique words. Please see the

Re: $$Excel-Macros$$ Looking Up Words When You Only Have A Few Letters

2011-10-21 Thread John A. Smith
Thank you Ashish for your quick and very enlightening response. John On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 7:28 AM, ashish koul koul.ash...@gmail.com wrote: VLOOKUP(*H4*,E:E,1,0) On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 4:49 PM, John A. Smith johnasmit...@gmail.comwrote: Esteemed Group, I would like to know if there

Re: $$Excel-Macros$$ Looking Up Words When You Only Have A Few Letters

2011-10-21 Thread NOORAIN ANSARI
Dear John, Ashish's Solution is Fentastic. Please see attached sheet with another options. On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 4:49 PM, John A. Smith johnasmit...@gmail.comwrote: Esteemed Group, I would like to know if there is a formula that would allow you to type ian in a cell and have it look up

Re: $$Excel-Macros$$ Looking Up Words When You Only Have A Few Letters

2011-10-21 Thread John A. Smith
Noorain, Thank you, I love using offset and never tried the wild card approach. Two excellent alternatives, thank you. John On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 7:42 AM, NOORAIN ANSARI noorain.ans...@gmail.comwrote: Dear John, Ashish's Solution is Fentastic. Please see attached sheet with another