Please urgently help with this sample

[Amuserad]

Hi,

I would like to seek your help. In the attached example, I have two sheets - sheet 1 and sheet 2.

Sheet 2 - contains the types and variety of fruits and vegetables available in my shop
Sheet 1 - is a selection where I can select the type (either fruit or vegetable) and the list is expected to list all the fruits or vegetables available

I tried to use VLOOKUP formula to fetch the values but it is only fetching the last value and displaying in the list. I would like to list all the items.

Can please help me with this to provide me a simple formula to list all the items. Thank you very much.

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[alansidman]

crossposted: Unable to fetch list of values using vlookup

 

[Zot]

I think it cannot be done with VLookup because it will capture first encounter only. Here is how it is done

The 1st picture shows the result and the 2nd picture how the formula look like.
The D2 is the drop down selection to choose Fruits or Vegetables

Notice the curl bracket in Formula bar. The formula need to be entered as array formula. So, instead of just press Enter, you need to use Ctrl+Shift+Enter to enter the formula.

 

[AhoyNC]

With Excel 365 if your version has the FILTER function then:

Sheet1

Book2
	A	B
1		Fruits
2
3	List
4	Mango
5	Banana
6	Apple
Sheet1

Cell Formulas
Range	Formula
A4:A6	A4	=FILTER(Sheet2!$C$2:$C$7,Sheet2!$B$2:$B$7=$B$1,"")
Dynamic array formulas.

Sheet2

Book2
	A	B	C
1
2		Fruits	Mango
3		Fruits	Banana
4		Fruits	Apple
5		Veg	Brocoli
6		Veg	Potatoes
7		Veg	Onion
Sheet2

 

[fadee2]

How about using data validation list like below????

SHEET1>>>>

Book1
	A	B
1	Products	Items
2	Vegetables	Brocoli
3
Sheet1

Cells with Data Validation
Cell	Allow	Criteria
A2,E2	List	=Products
B2,F2	List	=INDIRECT(A2)

SHEET2>>>>

Book1
	A	B	C	D	E
1	Fruits		Mango		Brocoli
2	Vegetables		Banana		Cailiflower
3			Apple		Potatoes
4			Orange		Onion
5			Kiwi
Sheet2

 

[Fluff]

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