Documentation/How Tos/Calc: DGET function

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DGET

returns the contents of a cell in a column of a database table, in the unique row meeting the criteria.

Syntax:

DGET(database_table; field; criteria_table)

where

database_table is a range defining the data to be processed.

field is the column containing the cell. field may be a column number (1 is the first column of the database table, 2 is the second ...) or a column header (enclosed in quotation marks "") or a cell referring to a column header.

criteria_table is a range containing criteria, which are used to select the unique row of the database_table.

The Database functions overview fully describes the use of these parameters.

DGET returns #VALUE! if no row is found, and Err502 if more than one row is found.

Example:

In this spreadsheet:

	A	B	C	D	E
1	Name	Grade	Age	Distance to School	Weight
2	Andy	3	9	150	40
3	Betty	4	10	1000	42
4	Charles	3	10	300	51
5	Daniel	5	11	1200	48
6	Eva	2	8	650	33
7	Frank	2	7	300	42
8	Greta	1	7	200	36
9	Harry	3	9	1200	44
10	Irene	2	8	1000	42
11
12
13	Name	Grade	Age	Distance to School	Weight
14	Frank

DGET(A1:E10; "Age"; A13:E14)

returns Frank's age (7).

DGET(A1:E10; C1; A13:E14)

also returns Frank's age (7).

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See Also

• DCOUNT
• DCOUNTA
• DSUM
• DPRODUCT
• DMAX
• DMIN
• DAVERAGE
• DSTDEV
• DSTDEVP
• DVAR
• DVARP
• SUM
• SUMIF
• SUBTOTAL
• Conditional Counting and Summation
• Database functions overview
• Database functions
• Functions listed alphabetically
• Functions listed by category