Ideally, there would be a formula which worked a little like:
=NNA(LOOKUP(N3,$H$1:$H$8,$I$1:$I$8), "")
Where if the lookup formula returned #N/A then NNA returns "", else return
result of lookup.
But there's nothing which works that way, so repeating the formula is the
only option here.
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Rob van Gelder -
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"Don Guillett" wrote in message
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Just use what I sent and you will be happy
=IF(ISNA(LOOKUP(N3,$H$1:$H$8,$I$1:$I$8)),"",LOOKUP (N3,$H$1:$H$8,$I$1:$I$8))
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Don Guillett
SalesAid Software
"Steven" wrote in message
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so it would seem my attempt at simplifying a formula has ended up making
it
even worse! thanks for the help guys, but i think it would be easier if
i
used the original formula format, unless there's a simpler solution?
Many thanks,
Steve
"why does MS make such simple things so god damn complicated"
"Steven" wrote in message
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i have change some formulars along the lines of this:
=LOOKUP(G13,MLS!B$2:B$112,MLS!C$2:C$112)
change to:
=LOOKUP(G13,paynumber,staffnames)
only problem now is i end up with rows and rows of #N/A's until data
is
input, anyway to hide these like you can with zero values?
Many thanks,
Steve