![]() ![]() ![]() Note: in Excel 365, the FILTER function can display all matches at the same time. For example, the table contains both "Bailer" and a "Bailey," so typing "Bai" into H4 will return only the first match ("Bailer"), even though there are two names that begin with "Bai." Wildcard matching is convenient because you don't have to type in a full name, but you must be careful of duplicates or near duplicates. ![]() This will cause VLOOKUP to match the first entry in column B that begins with "Aya." Placing the wildcard at the end results in a "begins with" match. If we type a string like "Aya" into the named range value (H4), the result is "Aya*", which is returned directly to VLOOKUP as the lookup value. This expression joins the text in the named range value with a wildcard using the ampersand (&) to concatenate. To allow a partial match of the value typed into H4, which is named "value," we supply a lookup value to VLOOKUP like this: value&"*" // create lookup value In this example, we use the asterisk (*) as a wildcard which matches zero or more characters. To use wildcards with VLOOKUP, you must specify exact match mode by providing FALSE or 0 (zero) for the last argument called range_lookup. For instance, you can use VLOOKUP to retrieve values from a table based on typing in only part of a lookup value. The VLOOKUP function supports wildcards, which makes it possible to perform a partial match on a lookup value. In other words, by typing "Aya" into cell H4, the formula should retrieve information about Michael Ayala. In this example, the goal is to retrieve employee information from a table using only a partial match on the last name. ![]()
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