can I use =if with vlookup statements

[Guest]

I would like to use an if statement to fill in data in one column - I have 1
lookup table with 6 columns and a spreadsheet with multiple columns -
basically I want to ask if a cell=13 go to my look up table"res type"
A$2:$B$220 if not go to the same lookup table but go to E$2:$F$220
this is what I wrote but it is not working:
=IF(S222=13,VLOOKUP(V222,'RES TYPE'!E$2:$F$220,6,FALSE),VLOOKUP(S222,'RES
TYPE'!A$2:$B$220,2,FALSE))
I could really use some help - thanks

 

[Biff]

Hi!

Try this:

=IF(S222=13,VLOOKUP(S222,'RES TYPE'!A$2:$B$220,2,FALSE),VLOOKUP(V222,'RES
TYPE'!E$2:$F$220,2,FALSE))

Biff

 

[Guest]

I didn't try it, but it looks ok to me except that it would appear to do the
opposite of what you stated. if S222 = 13 then it will use
VLOOKUP(V222,'RES TYPE'!E$2:$F$220,6,FALSE)
The other thing is they are using different columns for the offsets (6 and
2), but that may be what you intended. Other than that, how is it not
working? Ah, the 6 would be a problem because you are only looking in
columns e:f. Either expand your lookup range or change the 6 to 2.

 

[Guest]

Thanks this works but now if the cell doesn't =13 I am getting #N/A - any
suggestions - doesn't seem to be going to the other lookup

 

[Guest]

Thanks this works but now if the cell doesn't =13 I am getting #N/A - any
suggestions? - doesn't seem to be going to the other lookup

 

[Guest]

Well, it is doing the other vlookup but it is not finding the lookup value in
V222 (that is what #N/A means. The value being looked up was not found.

Assuming you are using this from Biff's reply

=IF(S222=13,VLOOKUP(S222,'RES TYPE'!A$2:$B$220,2,FALSE),VLOOKUP(V222,'RES
TYPE'!E$2:$F$220,2,FALSE))

Check that the value you are entering in V222 (that is not 13) is in the
range 'Restype'!E$2:$f220. If it appears that it is there, check it closer.
There may be a space that you can't see that is causing it to be different
than the value in V222.

 

[Guest]

Slight change to this. The value being looked up was not in the range
E2:E220 (I said f220 previously, but it only checks the first column. In
this instance it returns what's in column F.)

 

[Guest]

Thanks Kevin - does it make a difference if the data in S222 or V222 is the
result of a =right command - could that be throwing it off? Thanks for your
time

 

[Pete]

You might have to put VALUE( ) around your RIGHT formula to convert it
to a number, and as Kevin has pointed out the widths of your ranges are
inconsistent with the column number you are trying to return data from.

Hope this helps.

Pete

 

[Guest]

I just noticed the difference in the formulas using either S222 or V222 (when
you mentioned it.) Ok, so if I understand correctly, S222 is not 13 so it is
doing the vlookup on V222 ... and V222 is the result of a right function.
And it might start out life as a number. Let me check something.
Ok, then using the Right function will make V222 a string. And a vlookup on
a string against a number will return #N/A, so, try using the value of V222
instead. Might need to wrap S222 in the value function also

=IF(S222=13,VLOOKUP(value(S222),'RES
TYPE'!A$2:$B$220,2,FALSE),VLOOKUP(value(V222),'RESTYPE'!E$2:$F$220,2,FALSE))

HTH

 

[Guest]

Thanks so much - I will have to wait till Monday to give this a try and will
let you know I appreciate your help (Pete & Biff too!)

 

[Guest]

Hi Kevin - I used your suggestion - actually I am learning so much - thanks -
I got it to work using the value function

=IF(VALUE(S222)=13,VLOOKUP(V222,'res
type'!E$2:$F$220,2,FALSE),VLOOKUP(S222,'res type'!A$2:$D$220,4,FALSE))

it worked for everything, however, I have cells in the s222 column that are
not converting because they read 10A or 53A and 013 is being picked up as 13
- I formatted the column as text and thought that would work but it didn't
matter. I worked around it by manyally converitng those cells - I appreciate
your help - if you have any suggestions that would be great - but as for now
- I am functional

 

[Guest]

Glad you got it working. No, I can't think of any more suggestions at this
time.