vlookup

[Jimat56]

I need a way of testing the return value from a vlookup call.
It will happen that the lookup will fail and the return will be #N/A, which
is not nicest thing to see on a spreadsheet! I have tried "if" statement
variations but testing the cell is unsuccessful as the 'value'of the cell is
not what is displayed!

Jim Crawford
Alden Press
Oxford UK
(e-mail address removed)

 

[RagDyer]

To return an empty cell if a match is not found:

=IF(ISNA(MATCH(D1,A1:A100,0)),"",VLOOKUP(D1,A1:C100,3,0))
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HTH,

RD
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[Guest]

Assume you VLOOKUP would look like this

=VLOOKUP(A2,B2400,2,FALSE)

=IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH(A2,B2:B400,0)),VLOOKUP(A2,B2400,2,FALSE),"")

that is the best way to error check it, will return a blank cell if value
not found


Regards,

Peo Sjoblom