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In this article, I provide a formula for looking up a value and returning multiple occurrences of the same
corresponding value in a list; for example, if in a two-column list, there appear multiple values of the name
"Ashish" in the first column, the formula returns all of the corresponding values in the same row in the second
column.
In this article
Look up one value and return one corresponding value
Look up one value and return multiple corresponding values
Identify row numbers
Return corresponding values from column B
Remove possible error values
Look up one value and return one corresponding value
You use the VLOOKUP function to search for a value in the first column of a list and return a value in the same
row from another column in the list. Note that the VLOOKUP function is designed to return only the
corresponding value of the first instance of a lookup value.
For example, if I type "Ashish" in cell A9, and I type the following VLOOKUP formula in B9:
=VLOOKUP(A9,A1:B7,2,FALSE)
The VLOOKUP function in cell B9 finds the first occurrence of the name "Ashish", and returns the corresponding
value in the same row of the second column, which is 234.
Look up one value and return multiple corresponding values
The formula to look up one value and return multiple corresponding values can be stated as this: Identify the row
numbers that contain the name "Ashish" in column A, return the corresponding values from column B, and
remove possible error values.
Identify row numbers
Enter "Ashish" in cell A10. Then, enter the following array formula (CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER) in cell B10 to determine
the row number of a corresponding value:
=SMALL(IF($A$1:$A$7=$A$10,ROW($A$1:$A$7)),ROW(1:1))
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When you enter or fill this formula in subsequent cells, the formula returns the row numbers for each subsequent
corresponding value, in this case, 4 and 7.
Return corresponding values from column B
Now, modify the preceding formula to return the corresponding value (and not the row number) and enter the
formula as an array formula (CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER):
=INDEX($A$1:$B$7,SMALL(IF($A$1:$A$7=$A$10,ROW($A$1:$A$7)),ROW(1:1)),2)
The first corresponding value is 234, the value that corresponds to the first occurrence of the name "Ashish".
When you enter or fill this formula in subsequent cells, the formula returns the subsequent corresponding values
of 534 and 834.
Remove possible error values
When you enter or fill this formula in subsequent cells, the formula may return an error value because there are
only three occurrences of the name "Ashish" in the first column. To hide the error values, use the ISERROR
function. Modify the preceding formula and enter it as an array formula (CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER):
=IF(ISERROR(INDEX($A$1:$B$7,SMALL(IF($A$1:$A$7=$A$10,ROW($A$1:$A$7)),
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