Normally, in Excel, when you use the VLOOKUP function, if there are multiple values to match the criteria, you just can get the first one. But, sometimes, you want to return all the corresponding values which meet the criteria into one cell as following screenshot shown, how could you solve it?
Vlookup to return multiple values in one cell with User Defined Function
Vlookup to return multiple values in one cell with kutools for Excel
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Vlookup to return multiple corresponding values in one single cell:
With Kutools for Excel’s Advanced Combine Rows utiltiy, you can quickly combine multiple duplicate rows into one record based on key columns, and it also can apply some calculations such as sum, average, count and so on for other columns.
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The traditional VLOOKUP function may not help you to solve this problem, but, I will create a User Defined Function for you to deal with this task. Please do as follows:
1. Activate your worksheet which you want to vlookup multiple values into one cell.
2. Hold down the ALT + F11 keys, and it opens the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.
3. Click Insert > Module, and paste the following code in the Module Window.
VBA code: Vlookup to return multiple values in one cell
Function MYVLOOKUP(pValue As String, pWorkRng As Range, pIndex As Long)
'Update 20150310
Dim rng As Range
Dim xResult As String
xResult = ""
For Each rng In pWorkRng
If rng = pValue Then
xResult = xResult & " " & rng.Offset(0, pIndex - 1)
End If
Next
MYVLOOKUP = xResult
End Function
4. Then save and close this code, go back to the worksheet, and enter this formula: =myvlookup(E6,$A$2:$C$15,2) into a specific blank cell where you want to place the result, then press Enter key to get all the corresponding values in one cell that you want, see screenshot:
Note:
In the above formula: E6 is the value which you want to return its relative information, A2:C15 is the data range you use, the number 2 indicates the column number that your matched value is returned.
If you have our Kutools for Excel, with its Advanced Combine Rows feature, you can quickly merge or combine the rows based on the same value and do some calculations.
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After installing Kutools for Excel, please do as follows:
1. Select the data range that you want to combine one column data based on another data.
2. Click Kutools > Merge & Split > Advanced Combine Rows, see screenshot:
3. In the popped out dialog box, click the key column to be combined based on, and then click Primary Key. Then click another column that you want to combine its data based on the key column, and click Combine to choose one separator for separating the combined data, see screenshot:
4. Then click OK button, and you will get the following results:
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Click to know more about this Advanced Combine Rows feature.
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