excel - VLook-Up Match first 3 characters of one column with another column -
i'm trying match list of words column against list of words in column b. need first 3 characters of words in column match first 3 characters of words in column b. result same value in column b. possible?
here i'm using: =vlookup(left(a1,3),b$2:b$22, 2,true)
but, keep getting #n/a. can help?
try using wildcard this
=vlookup(left(a1,3)&"*",b$2:b$22,1,false)
so if a1 "barry" formula return first value in b2:b22
starts "bar"
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