MATCH or VLOOKUP starting from the end of the range

Question

I have a table that looks like this

 A      B    
ID1  data 123
ID2  data 234
ID1  data 456
ID2  data 567

I am trying to find the best way

Answer 1

With data in A1:B4 and D1="ID2", try entering in E1:

=LOOKUP(2,1/(A1:A4=D1),B1:B4)

Note: LOOKUP returns the last value if the lookup value is larger than any of the values in the lookup range. Any errors are ignored.