VLOOKUP?

[Pheasant Plucker®]

I have a list of customers sites where each site has a unique number.

Against each of the numbers is the name of the site for example;

001 London
002 Oxford
..
..
1340 Birmingham
1341 Manchester
etc. etc.

These are listed in 2 columns on a hidden worksheet in a multi-page
spreadsheet.

What I would like to do is when the site number is input say in cell A1 on a
different worksheet I need to automagically insert the site name that
matches that particular site number.

So in my example if I input 002 in cell A1 then Oxford appears in B1

I am guessing I need to use VLOOKUP or something but can some kind soul
point me in the right direction please?

 

[Guest]

Let's say you are entering your data in cell A1 and you want B1 to display
the location name

=VLOOKUP(A1,Sheet4!$A$1:$B$100,2,false)

where your "hidden" sheet is Sheet4 and the data is in A1:B100. Just make
sure that column A is sorted in ascending order.

 

[Ragdyer]

Why do you say that Column A *must* be sorted in ascending order?
You are using "false" as the 4th argument, aren't you?

 

[Guest]

The false refers to an "exact" match or not. See comments from help for
VLOOKUP for the Range_lookup portion of the function.

Range_lookup is a logical value that specifies whether you want VLOOKUP
to find an exact match or an approximate match. If TRUE or omitted, an
approximate match is returned. In other words, if an exact match is not
found, the next largest value that is less than lookup_value is returned. If
FALSE, VLOOKUP will find an exact match. If one is not found, the error value
#N/A is returned.

 

[RagDyeR]

That's *exactly* the point!

When an exact match is called for *NO* sorting is necessary!

Try it ... you'll like it.<bg>
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Regards,

RD
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The false refers to an "exact" match or not. See comments from help for
VLOOKUP for the Range_lookup portion of the function.

Range_lookup is a logical value that specifies whether you want VLOOKUP
to find an exact match or an approximate match. If TRUE or omitted, an
approximate match is returned. In other words, if an exact match is not
found, the next largest value that is less than lookup_value is returned. If
FALSE, VLOOKUP will find an exact match. If one is not found, the error
value
#N/A is returned.

 

[Pheasant Plucker®]

Perfect Barb,

Thanks very much for that...

Seems like we both have learnt something ;^)

One last point if I may - when I enter the formula I get the text #N/A
displayed in the cell.

How do I hide this or prevent it from showing so the spreadsheet looks
'clean' please?

Thanks & kind regards,
-=Glyn=-

 

[RagDyeR]

Add an IF() function containing an error trap to display a zero length
string ( "" ).

=IF(ISNA(VLOOKUP(A1,Sheet4!$A$1:$B$100,2,0)),"",VLOOKUP(A1,Sheet4!$A$1:$B$100,2,0))

BTW,
0 and False are equal, as far as the 4th argument are concerned.

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HTH,

RD
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Perfect Barb,

Thanks very much for that...

Seems like we both have learnt something ;^)

One last point if I may - when I enter the formula I get the text #N/A
displayed in the cell.

How do I hide this or prevent it from showing so the spreadsheet looks
'clean' please?

Thanks & kind regards,
-=Glyn=-

 

[Pheasant Plucker®]

Thanks for the quick reply RagDyeR,

How on earth are us ordinary mortals expected to work this out?

Thank God for this newsgroup...;^)

It does exactly what it says on the tin but then you knew that anyway didn't
you?

Kind regards,
-=Glyn=-