如果查找值在单个单元格中包含多个值，则如何使用vlookup

Question

Suppose Sheet1 has the following table ( data range Cell A1 to B4)

Fruits  | Colors
======= | =======
 Apple  | Red
 Mango  | Green
 Banana | Yellow

Suppose in sheet2, Cell A1 has following values ( Apple Mango Banana) separated based on space.

How to use VLookup in Cell B2 based on A1 value which can give you the results in the same order ( Red Green Yellow)

Answer 1

This formula in Sheet2!B2 does it:

=INDEX(sheet1!B:B,MATCH(TRIM(LEFT(SUBSTITUTE(A1, " ", REPT(" ", 100)),25)),sheet1!A:A,0)) & " " &
INDEX(sheet1!B:B,MATCH(TRIM(MID(SUBSTITUTE(A1," ",REPT(" ",100)),100,25)),sheet1!A:A,0)) & " " &
INDEX(sheet1!B:B,MATCH(TRIM(RIGHT(SUBSTITUTE(A1, " ", REPT(" ", 100)),25)),sheet1!A:A,0))

This formula works fine when you have 3 values to match (in case there are 2 only, the second one will be repeated). It can be further complicated to treat any number of values.

Of course it can be simpler in VBA using the Split function, and it would take into account any number of keys, yielding the joined values. You can use this in a macro:

Sheet2.Range("B1").value = Join(Application.index(Sheet1.Columns("B"), _
    Application.match(Split(Sheet2.Range("A1")), Sheet1.Columns("A"), 0)), " ")

Of course you can adjust it to any cell in column B , using Range("B" & i) and Range("A" & i) ...