Vlookup with conditions

[Guest]

I am currently using the formula

IF(V5="","",VLOOKUP(V5,Rates!$B$2:$F$226,3,FALSE))

I need to add a string that not only lookups v5 as above but I also need to
loolooks up j5 and if equals a certain number the formula above would look at
column 4 rather than 3

Does my question make sense?

Thanks

ce

 

[Guest]

Try something like

IF(V5="","",VLOOKUP(V5,Rates!$B$2:$F$226,3+(J5=99),FALSE))

This will return a result from column D unless J5 is 99 and then it return a
result from column E

 

[Don Guillett]

try
IF(V5="","",VLOOKUP(V5,Rates!$B$2:$F$226,if(j5=12,4,3),0))

 

[Guest]

Sorry, I do not thinkk I gave enough information for my request.
my current formula looks-up the contents in cell V5 in the rate table
$B$2:$F$226.

My problem now is I have 9 employees that get paid at a differetn rate (
located in column 4 in my Vlookup formula). I need to be able to have the
contents of j5:j4000 trigger the vlookup to either column 3 or 4

Sorry for the lack of information on the first request for help

ce

 

[Don Guillett]

I don't understand.

 

[Guest]

So how do you identify these 9 employees? If J5 contains an employee number
then assume that you have a list of the 9 "special" employees numbers in
Z1:Z9 then, adjusting my suggestion above

=IF(V5="","",VLOOKUP(V5,Rates!$B$2:$F$226,3+ISNUMBER(MATCH(J5,$Z$1:$Z$9,0)),0))

 

[Guest]

Correct! I have 2 lists that contain the two types of employee. I need to use
the VLOOKUP function depending on which list the employee resides ( column 3
for one type, column 4 for the other

ce