QUESTION :
So, I have a spreadsheet with about 5000 rows.
Each of these rows has a unique number in column A, followed by some data in column B:
| A | B |
|-------|------------|
| 5142 | Test |
| 5348 | Some stuff |
| 32665 | More stuff |
| 74568 | More stuff |
In another spreadsheet, I have some different data, for SOME of the IDs in my first spreadsheet, but not all of them:
| A | B |
|-------|-----------|
| 5348 | 1/1/2017 |
| 74568 | 6/25/2018 |
What I want to do is copy these columns from the second spreadsheet into the first spreadsheet, but I need the rows to spread out to paste into the corresponding rows from spreadsheet 1, so what I end up with is this:
| A | B | C | D |
|-------|------------|-------|-----------|
| 5142 | Test | | |
| 5348 | Some stuff | 5348 | 1/1/2017 |
| 32665 | More stuff | | |
| 74568 | More stuff | 74568 | 6/25/2018 |
Any idea how I can accomplish this?
ANSWER :
set cell C to:
=vlookup(A1,sheet2!A:B,1,FALSE)
and cell D to:
=vlookup(A1,sheet2!A:B,2,FALSE)
Where your data in sheet 2 is in columns A and B.