Excel (Searching, Finding and Returning)

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Rick - May 3, 2010 at 05:19 PM
rizvisa1 Posts 4478 Registration date Thursday January 28, 2010 Status Contributor Last seen May 5, 2022 - May 4, 2010 at 07:58 AM
Hi

I have not yet learned how to write working excel formulas very well, and I was looking for a short bit of help...

I would like an arbitrary cell (call it D6) to search Column A for text ("Sum Value:") and return the text in the cell below it.

I import text files which contain highly variable amounts of rows, the only way I can return the information I need is to find the cell above it in the same column, any suggestions?

Rick
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rizvisa1 Posts 4478 Registration date Thursday January 28, 2010 Status Contributor Last seen May 5, 2022 766
May 3, 2010 at 05:49 PM
Could you post the book where it is NOT pulling the data. One has to see the data to tell you the answer. there Could be space issue, non-printing character etc. So unless one see the data, hard to tell you. Post the file and paste thelink back here as you did before
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I could not post the page but did the next best thing:

Broker
Broker contact person
Broker e­mail
Broker contact number
Risk address
Erf Number


Contact person
Name
Contact Number
Cell


Sum Insured:
Building (Additional Dwelling)


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This is Column A, I would like Cell D6=(cell below "Sum Insured:") ,but "Sum Insured:" is never in the same cell location, ie A23, and the cell below can be 1 of 100 texts.

What I basically need is for it to Search Column A, Find "Sum Insured:" and return "Buildings (Additional Dwelling)" for this example.

Thank you for replying so quickly
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rizvisa1 Posts 4478 Registration date Thursday January 28, 2010 Status Contributor Last seen May 5, 2022 766
May 4, 2010 at 07:58 AM
Still not sure what you are looking for but this formula in D7 should pull the data based on whats in d6

=IF(ISERROR(MATCH(D6,A:A,0)), "", INDIRECT("A" &MATCH(D6,A:A,0)+1))
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