excel - Vlookup to match the SUBSET of a cell with contains -
i vlookup,but match subset of cell. possible?
for example, have value in sheet1 cell a2 alcatel 7705 sar-8 fan v1 , have value in sheet2 cell b2 7705 sar-8 fan v1, want match , put value of sheet2 cell b2 in sheet1 , match 7705 sar-8 fan v1.
i trying use wildcard in vlookup
=vlookup("*"& a2 &"*",'sheet2'!b:b,1,false) but not working. please help.
this need , array formula using index/match:
=index(sheet2!$b$2:$b$100,match(true,isnumber(search(sheet2!$b$2:$b$100,a2)),0)) being array formula 1 must confirm ctrl-shift-enter instead of enter when exiting edit mode. if done correctly excel put {} around formula.

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