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May 29, 2013 12:45
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Excel formula for subdividing a string in a cell and looking up the sections of the string in other worksheets.
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| 'ItemNumber', 'Prefix' and 'Suffix' are named ranges. | |
| =LEFT(C37,SEARCH(",",C37,1))&" "&VLOOKUP(LEFT(B37,SEARCH("-",B37,1)-1),Prefix,2,FALSE)&" x "&VLOOKUP(MID(B37,SEARCH("-",B37,1)+1,100),Suffix,2,FALSE)&" / "&VLOOKUP(LEFT(B37,SEARCH("-",B37,1)-1),Prefix,3,FALSE)&" x "&VLOOKUP(MID(B37,SEARCH("-",B37,1)+1,100),Suffix,3,FALSE) | |
| =LEFT(C37,SEARCH(",",C37,1))&" "&VLOOKUP(LEFT(B37,SEARCH("-",B37,1)-1),Prefix,2,FALSE)&" x "&VLOOKUP(MID(B37,SEARCH("-",B37,1)+1,100),Suffix,2,FALSE)&" / "&VLOOKUP(LEFT(B37,SEARCH("-",B37,1)-1),Prefix,3,FALSE)&" x "&VLOOKUP(MID(B37,SEARCH("-",B37,1)+1,100),Suffix,3,FALSE) | |
| =C366&" "&VLOOKUP(LEFT(MID(ItemNumber,SEARCH("-",ItemNumber)+1,100),SEARCH("-",MID(ItemNumber,SEARCH("-",ItemNumber)+1,100))-1),Prefix,2,FALSE)&" x "&VLOOKUP(MID(MID(ItemNumber,SEARCH("-",ItemNumber)+1,100),SEARCH("-",MID(ItemNumber,SEARCH("-",ItemNumber)+1,100))+1,100),Suffix,2,FALSE)&" / "&VLOOKUP(LEFT(MID(ItemNumber,SEARCH("-",ItemNumber)+1,100),SEARCH("-",MID(ItemNumber,SEARCH("-",ItemNumber)+1,100))-1),Prefix,3,FALSE)&" x "&VLOOKUP(MID(MID(ItemNumber,SEARCH("-",ItemNumber)+1,100),SEARCH("-",MID(ItemNumber,SEARCH("-",ItemNumber)+1,100))+1,100),Suffix,3,FALSE) |
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