Try:

=IF(ISNA(VLOOKUP(A5,PATIENTS!$A$2:$A$2070,FALSE)), "",VLOOKUP(A5,PATIENTS!$A$
2:$C$2070,3,FALSE))

You can substitute "Record not found" for "".

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Vasant


"ErinGertz" wrote in message
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Hi,

I'm trying to type in a social security number and then write a vlookup
formula for the next cell so it pulls up the patient's last name. The
worksheet I need to pull the info from is called PATIENTS. That sheet is
set up so that the first column has the social, then 2nd column is another
identifying #, then the 3rd column is the patient's last name. The first
box that I type in the social security number in the current worksheet is
A5. This is the formula I've written:


=IF(ISNA(MATCH(A5,PATIENTS!$A$2:$A$2070,FALSE)),VL OOKUP(A5,PATIENTS!$A$2:$M$
2070,3,FALSE))

But I keep getting the error message #N/A

Please help!