Don

Mayhaps the 223995 in J4 has an extra space before or after.

Try clearing J4 and re-typing the number.

Gord Dibben Excel MVP

On 26 Oct 2004 22:41:22 -0700, (Don O) wrote:

My formula, =vlookup(223995,a2:g19,5,false) works fine
My formula, =vlookup(j4,a2:g19,5,false) doesn't work. J4 is the
reference to the cell containing the number 223995. The return is #N/A

In excel 2000 this was not a problem.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Don
Durham, NC USA