vlookup function excel cut part of string












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Guys i have a little problem. I have 2 csv files, i want to copy some data from one csv to another where id is the same. For this i use vlookupfunction but something is not good.
The orginal string in orginal csv is:



48 Port Managed Layer 3 Gigabit Ethernet Switch with optional 10GigE uplink and 802.3af and Legacy Power over Ethernet. Includes 48 - Copper Gigabit (1000Base-T) access ports and 2 - High Speed Expansion Slots. Provides up to 370 watts of 802.3af compliant power. Features include 802.1Q VLANs, GVRP, 802.1p QoS, 802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree, 802.3ad Link Aggregation, Auto MDI/MDI-X, CLI, HTTP GUI, SSH, SSL, RADIUS, SNMP. 19" Rackmount 1U housing. Includes AC PoE power supply. Supported expansion modules: Dual Stacking XIM (4700470F1, 4700470F2, 4700470F5), Dual SFP XIM (1700473F1), Dual SFP+ XIM (1700471F1).


And when i use this function



=IFERROR(VLOOKUP($A2,osnova.csv!$B$2:$AD$1660,8,0),IF(G2="","",G2))


I get this string:



48 Port Managed Layer 3 Gigabit Ethernet Switch with optional 10GigE uplink and 802.3af and Legacy Power over Ethernet. Includes 48 - Copper Gigabit (1000Base-T) access ports and 2 - High Speed Expansion Slots. Provides up to 370 watts of 802.3af compliant power. Features include 802.1Q VLANs, GVRP, 802.1p QoS, 802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree, 802. 19" Rackmount 1U housing. Includes AC PoE power supply. Supported expansion modules: Dual Stacking XIM (4700470F1, 4700470F2, 4700470F5), Dual SFP XIM (1700473F1), Dual SFP+ XIM (1700471F1).


The difference is that i have in orginal string this part and in the copied version i lose that part:



.3ad Link Aggregation, Auto MDI/MDI-X, CLI, HTTP GUI, SSH, SSL, RADIUS, SNMP.


Can someone help me with this? Did i do something wrong in my function?










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  • Is the function hitting a character limit?

    – Solar Mike
    Nov 24 '18 at 10:46











  • How do you mean? I didnt know for character limit?

    – user9819807
    Nov 24 '18 at 10:47











  • So use len() to check the number of characters in the source and result and then check if vlookup has a limit...

    – Solar Mike
    Nov 24 '18 at 10:48











  • YES there is difference in length orginal = 612characters copy = 541 characters

    – user9819807
    Nov 24 '18 at 10:53











  • @doki I cannot reproduce your problem by using dummy ID's. The entire 612 length string is returned by VLOOKUP. I suspect the issue is with your data. Perhaps G2 contains the string that is being returned by your function?

    – Ron Rosenfeld
    Nov 24 '18 at 12:00
















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Guys i have a little problem. I have 2 csv files, i want to copy some data from one csv to another where id is the same. For this i use vlookupfunction but something is not good.
The orginal string in orginal csv is:



48 Port Managed Layer 3 Gigabit Ethernet Switch with optional 10GigE uplink and 802.3af and Legacy Power over Ethernet. Includes 48 - Copper Gigabit (1000Base-T) access ports and 2 - High Speed Expansion Slots. Provides up to 370 watts of 802.3af compliant power. Features include 802.1Q VLANs, GVRP, 802.1p QoS, 802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree, 802.3ad Link Aggregation, Auto MDI/MDI-X, CLI, HTTP GUI, SSH, SSL, RADIUS, SNMP. 19" Rackmount 1U housing. Includes AC PoE power supply. Supported expansion modules: Dual Stacking XIM (4700470F1, 4700470F2, 4700470F5), Dual SFP XIM (1700473F1), Dual SFP+ XIM (1700471F1).


And when i use this function



=IFERROR(VLOOKUP($A2,osnova.csv!$B$2:$AD$1660,8,0),IF(G2="","",G2))


I get this string:



48 Port Managed Layer 3 Gigabit Ethernet Switch with optional 10GigE uplink and 802.3af and Legacy Power over Ethernet. Includes 48 - Copper Gigabit (1000Base-T) access ports and 2 - High Speed Expansion Slots. Provides up to 370 watts of 802.3af compliant power. Features include 802.1Q VLANs, GVRP, 802.1p QoS, 802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree, 802. 19" Rackmount 1U housing. Includes AC PoE power supply. Supported expansion modules: Dual Stacking XIM (4700470F1, 4700470F2, 4700470F5), Dual SFP XIM (1700473F1), Dual SFP+ XIM (1700471F1).


The difference is that i have in orginal string this part and in the copied version i lose that part:



.3ad Link Aggregation, Auto MDI/MDI-X, CLI, HTTP GUI, SSH, SSL, RADIUS, SNMP.


Can someone help me with this? Did i do something wrong in my function?










share|improve this question

























  • Is the function hitting a character limit?

    – Solar Mike
    Nov 24 '18 at 10:46











  • How do you mean? I didnt know for character limit?

    – user9819807
    Nov 24 '18 at 10:47











  • So use len() to check the number of characters in the source and result and then check if vlookup has a limit...

    – Solar Mike
    Nov 24 '18 at 10:48











  • YES there is difference in length orginal = 612characters copy = 541 characters

    – user9819807
    Nov 24 '18 at 10:53











  • @doki I cannot reproduce your problem by using dummy ID's. The entire 612 length string is returned by VLOOKUP. I suspect the issue is with your data. Perhaps G2 contains the string that is being returned by your function?

    – Ron Rosenfeld
    Nov 24 '18 at 12:00














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Guys i have a little problem. I have 2 csv files, i want to copy some data from one csv to another where id is the same. For this i use vlookupfunction but something is not good.
The orginal string in orginal csv is:



48 Port Managed Layer 3 Gigabit Ethernet Switch with optional 10GigE uplink and 802.3af and Legacy Power over Ethernet. Includes 48 - Copper Gigabit (1000Base-T) access ports and 2 - High Speed Expansion Slots. Provides up to 370 watts of 802.3af compliant power. Features include 802.1Q VLANs, GVRP, 802.1p QoS, 802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree, 802.3ad Link Aggregation, Auto MDI/MDI-X, CLI, HTTP GUI, SSH, SSL, RADIUS, SNMP. 19" Rackmount 1U housing. Includes AC PoE power supply. Supported expansion modules: Dual Stacking XIM (4700470F1, 4700470F2, 4700470F5), Dual SFP XIM (1700473F1), Dual SFP+ XIM (1700471F1).


And when i use this function



=IFERROR(VLOOKUP($A2,osnova.csv!$B$2:$AD$1660,8,0),IF(G2="","",G2))


I get this string:



48 Port Managed Layer 3 Gigabit Ethernet Switch with optional 10GigE uplink and 802.3af and Legacy Power over Ethernet. Includes 48 - Copper Gigabit (1000Base-T) access ports and 2 - High Speed Expansion Slots. Provides up to 370 watts of 802.3af compliant power. Features include 802.1Q VLANs, GVRP, 802.1p QoS, 802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree, 802. 19" Rackmount 1U housing. Includes AC PoE power supply. Supported expansion modules: Dual Stacking XIM (4700470F1, 4700470F2, 4700470F5), Dual SFP XIM (1700473F1), Dual SFP+ XIM (1700471F1).


The difference is that i have in orginal string this part and in the copied version i lose that part:



.3ad Link Aggregation, Auto MDI/MDI-X, CLI, HTTP GUI, SSH, SSL, RADIUS, SNMP.


Can someone help me with this? Did i do something wrong in my function?










share|improve this question
















Guys i have a little problem. I have 2 csv files, i want to copy some data from one csv to another where id is the same. For this i use vlookupfunction but something is not good.
The orginal string in orginal csv is:



48 Port Managed Layer 3 Gigabit Ethernet Switch with optional 10GigE uplink and 802.3af and Legacy Power over Ethernet. Includes 48 - Copper Gigabit (1000Base-T) access ports and 2 - High Speed Expansion Slots. Provides up to 370 watts of 802.3af compliant power. Features include 802.1Q VLANs, GVRP, 802.1p QoS, 802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree, 802.3ad Link Aggregation, Auto MDI/MDI-X, CLI, HTTP GUI, SSH, SSL, RADIUS, SNMP. 19" Rackmount 1U housing. Includes AC PoE power supply. Supported expansion modules: Dual Stacking XIM (4700470F1, 4700470F2, 4700470F5), Dual SFP XIM (1700473F1), Dual SFP+ XIM (1700471F1).


And when i use this function



=IFERROR(VLOOKUP($A2,osnova.csv!$B$2:$AD$1660,8,0),IF(G2="","",G2))


I get this string:



48 Port Managed Layer 3 Gigabit Ethernet Switch with optional 10GigE uplink and 802.3af and Legacy Power over Ethernet. Includes 48 - Copper Gigabit (1000Base-T) access ports and 2 - High Speed Expansion Slots. Provides up to 370 watts of 802.3af compliant power. Features include 802.1Q VLANs, GVRP, 802.1p QoS, 802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree, 802. 19" Rackmount 1U housing. Includes AC PoE power supply. Supported expansion modules: Dual Stacking XIM (4700470F1, 4700470F2, 4700470F5), Dual SFP XIM (1700473F1), Dual SFP+ XIM (1700471F1).


The difference is that i have in orginal string this part and in the copied version i lose that part:



.3ad Link Aggregation, Auto MDI/MDI-X, CLI, HTTP GUI, SSH, SSL, RADIUS, SNMP.


Can someone help me with this? Did i do something wrong in my function?







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  • Is the function hitting a character limit?

    – Solar Mike
    Nov 24 '18 at 10:46











  • How do you mean? I didnt know for character limit?

    – user9819807
    Nov 24 '18 at 10:47











  • So use len() to check the number of characters in the source and result and then check if vlookup has a limit...

    – Solar Mike
    Nov 24 '18 at 10:48











  • YES there is difference in length orginal = 612characters copy = 541 characters

    – user9819807
    Nov 24 '18 at 10:53











  • @doki I cannot reproduce your problem by using dummy ID's. The entire 612 length string is returned by VLOOKUP. I suspect the issue is with your data. Perhaps G2 contains the string that is being returned by your function?

    – Ron Rosenfeld
    Nov 24 '18 at 12:00



















  • Is the function hitting a character limit?

    – Solar Mike
    Nov 24 '18 at 10:46











  • How do you mean? I didnt know for character limit?

    – user9819807
    Nov 24 '18 at 10:47











  • So use len() to check the number of characters in the source and result and then check if vlookup has a limit...

    – Solar Mike
    Nov 24 '18 at 10:48











  • YES there is difference in length orginal = 612characters copy = 541 characters

    – user9819807
    Nov 24 '18 at 10:53











  • @doki I cannot reproduce your problem by using dummy ID's. The entire 612 length string is returned by VLOOKUP. I suspect the issue is with your data. Perhaps G2 contains the string that is being returned by your function?

    – Ron Rosenfeld
    Nov 24 '18 at 12:00

















Is the function hitting a character limit?

– Solar Mike
Nov 24 '18 at 10:46





Is the function hitting a character limit?

– Solar Mike
Nov 24 '18 at 10:46













How do you mean? I didnt know for character limit?

– user9819807
Nov 24 '18 at 10:47





How do you mean? I didnt know for character limit?

– user9819807
Nov 24 '18 at 10:47













So use len() to check the number of characters in the source and result and then check if vlookup has a limit...

– Solar Mike
Nov 24 '18 at 10:48





So use len() to check the number of characters in the source and result and then check if vlookup has a limit...

– Solar Mike
Nov 24 '18 at 10:48













YES there is difference in length orginal = 612characters copy = 541 characters

– user9819807
Nov 24 '18 at 10:53





YES there is difference in length orginal = 612characters copy = 541 characters

– user9819807
Nov 24 '18 at 10:53













@doki I cannot reproduce your problem by using dummy ID's. The entire 612 length string is returned by VLOOKUP. I suspect the issue is with your data. Perhaps G2 contains the string that is being returned by your function?

– Ron Rosenfeld
Nov 24 '18 at 12:00





@doki I cannot reproduce your problem by using dummy ID's. The entire 612 length string is returned by VLOOKUP. I suspect the issue is with your data. Perhaps G2 contains the string that is being returned by your function?

– Ron Rosenfeld
Nov 24 '18 at 12:00












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Your version of Excel must be hitting the character limit of VLOOKUP. You should not be using this function in the first place, it's broken and it sucks. Consider using much superior INDEX/MATCH combination =index(osnova.csv!$H$1660, match($A2,osnova.csv!$B$2,0)).






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  • this index match that you write does not work

    – user9819807
    Nov 24 '18 at 11:04











  • @doki You should be able to edit that so it does work, hint vlookup needed column 8 for its result, so the array for index needs to be that result column...

    – Solar Mike
    Nov 24 '18 at 11:14













  • @doki - you are right, I have corrected it and it just highlights one many problems with this functions - it makes it difficult to read. Solar Mike have pointed you to the right direction.

    – Michal Rosa
    Nov 24 '18 at 11:17











  • VLOOKUP's character limit is in lookup_value and, if exceeded, returns a #VALUE! error. It does not remove characters in the middle of a returned string.

    – Ron Rosenfeld
    Nov 24 '18 at 12:46











  • this formula is not correct

    – user9819807
    Nov 24 '18 at 13:42











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Your version of Excel must be hitting the character limit of VLOOKUP. You should not be using this function in the first place, it's broken and it sucks. Consider using much superior INDEX/MATCH combination =index(osnova.csv!$H$1660, match($A2,osnova.csv!$B$2,0)).






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  • this index match that you write does not work

    – user9819807
    Nov 24 '18 at 11:04











  • @doki You should be able to edit that so it does work, hint vlookup needed column 8 for its result, so the array for index needs to be that result column...

    – Solar Mike
    Nov 24 '18 at 11:14













  • @doki - you are right, I have corrected it and it just highlights one many problems with this functions - it makes it difficult to read. Solar Mike have pointed you to the right direction.

    – Michal Rosa
    Nov 24 '18 at 11:17











  • VLOOKUP's character limit is in lookup_value and, if exceeded, returns a #VALUE! error. It does not remove characters in the middle of a returned string.

    – Ron Rosenfeld
    Nov 24 '18 at 12:46











  • this formula is not correct

    – user9819807
    Nov 24 '18 at 13:42
















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Your version of Excel must be hitting the character limit of VLOOKUP. You should not be using this function in the first place, it's broken and it sucks. Consider using much superior INDEX/MATCH combination =index(osnova.csv!$H$1660, match($A2,osnova.csv!$B$2,0)).






share|improve this answer


























  • this index match that you write does not work

    – user9819807
    Nov 24 '18 at 11:04











  • @doki You should be able to edit that so it does work, hint vlookup needed column 8 for its result, so the array for index needs to be that result column...

    – Solar Mike
    Nov 24 '18 at 11:14













  • @doki - you are right, I have corrected it and it just highlights one many problems with this functions - it makes it difficult to read. Solar Mike have pointed you to the right direction.

    – Michal Rosa
    Nov 24 '18 at 11:17











  • VLOOKUP's character limit is in lookup_value and, if exceeded, returns a #VALUE! error. It does not remove characters in the middle of a returned string.

    – Ron Rosenfeld
    Nov 24 '18 at 12:46











  • this formula is not correct

    – user9819807
    Nov 24 '18 at 13:42














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1







Your version of Excel must be hitting the character limit of VLOOKUP. You should not be using this function in the first place, it's broken and it sucks. Consider using much superior INDEX/MATCH combination =index(osnova.csv!$H$1660, match($A2,osnova.csv!$B$2,0)).






share|improve this answer















Your version of Excel must be hitting the character limit of VLOOKUP. You should not be using this function in the first place, it's broken and it sucks. Consider using much superior INDEX/MATCH combination =index(osnova.csv!$H$1660, match($A2,osnova.csv!$B$2,0)).







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  • this index match that you write does not work

    – user9819807
    Nov 24 '18 at 11:04











  • @doki You should be able to edit that so it does work, hint vlookup needed column 8 for its result, so the array for index needs to be that result column...

    – Solar Mike
    Nov 24 '18 at 11:14













  • @doki - you are right, I have corrected it and it just highlights one many problems with this functions - it makes it difficult to read. Solar Mike have pointed you to the right direction.

    – Michal Rosa
    Nov 24 '18 at 11:17











  • VLOOKUP's character limit is in lookup_value and, if exceeded, returns a #VALUE! error. It does not remove characters in the middle of a returned string.

    – Ron Rosenfeld
    Nov 24 '18 at 12:46











  • this formula is not correct

    – user9819807
    Nov 24 '18 at 13:42



















  • this index match that you write does not work

    – user9819807
    Nov 24 '18 at 11:04











  • @doki You should be able to edit that so it does work, hint vlookup needed column 8 for its result, so the array for index needs to be that result column...

    – Solar Mike
    Nov 24 '18 at 11:14













  • @doki - you are right, I have corrected it and it just highlights one many problems with this functions - it makes it difficult to read. Solar Mike have pointed you to the right direction.

    – Michal Rosa
    Nov 24 '18 at 11:17











  • VLOOKUP's character limit is in lookup_value and, if exceeded, returns a #VALUE! error. It does not remove characters in the middle of a returned string.

    – Ron Rosenfeld
    Nov 24 '18 at 12:46











  • this formula is not correct

    – user9819807
    Nov 24 '18 at 13:42

















this index match that you write does not work

– user9819807
Nov 24 '18 at 11:04





this index match that you write does not work

– user9819807
Nov 24 '18 at 11:04













@doki You should be able to edit that so it does work, hint vlookup needed column 8 for its result, so the array for index needs to be that result column...

– Solar Mike
Nov 24 '18 at 11:14







@doki You should be able to edit that so it does work, hint vlookup needed column 8 for its result, so the array for index needs to be that result column...

– Solar Mike
Nov 24 '18 at 11:14















@doki - you are right, I have corrected it and it just highlights one many problems with this functions - it makes it difficult to read. Solar Mike have pointed you to the right direction.

– Michal Rosa
Nov 24 '18 at 11:17





@doki - you are right, I have corrected it and it just highlights one many problems with this functions - it makes it difficult to read. Solar Mike have pointed you to the right direction.

– Michal Rosa
Nov 24 '18 at 11:17













VLOOKUP's character limit is in lookup_value and, if exceeded, returns a #VALUE! error. It does not remove characters in the middle of a returned string.

– Ron Rosenfeld
Nov 24 '18 at 12:46





VLOOKUP's character limit is in lookup_value and, if exceeded, returns a #VALUE! error. It does not remove characters in the middle of a returned string.

– Ron Rosenfeld
Nov 24 '18 at 12:46













this formula is not correct

– user9819807
Nov 24 '18 at 13:42





this formula is not correct

– user9819807
Nov 24 '18 at 13:42




















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