E7 is a number, so =ISTEXT(E7) = FALSE yes?

If you do the same to the 'number' in your table, does it also return FALSE?

Assuming for example, the matching number to E7 is in cell B12, if you do
=E7=B12 you get TRUE, yes?

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Ken....................... Microsoft MVP - Excel
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"BEEJAY" wrote in message
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Excel 2003;
The following returns #VALUE!, which interferes with =SUM

=VLOOKUP(E7,'L-Ups'!$B$8:$E$23,2,FALSE)
The message is:" A value used in the formula is the wrong data type"
I have taken all data, multiplied by 1, copy and paste special as value
into
tables.
I have verified that cell E7 on the "L-Ups" Sheet is a number.
I'm stuck.
Any suggestions?