Hi Sue JB,

I think the information you gave us is not complete. If the 4th argument of
the VLOOKUP is FALSE and the item can not be found in the table, a #NA is
returned, not a zero.
Is your formula part of a more complex formula in which you intercept the
#NA?

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Kind regards,

Niek Otten

"SueJB" wrote in message
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Hi all

I'm finding my way round the intricacies of VLookup and making some
progress, but am stumped by a small problem.

I have a working VLookup in a worksheet called Staff

=VLOOKUP(A3,'Report data'!$A$1:$P$9999,4,FALSE)

which returns a name from the Report Data sheet if it's present, and a 0
if
not. However, rather than the zero I would like it to return the value of
column 2 in the Staff (active) worksheet.

Can this be done with a nested function or does it need VBA?

All comments gratefully received!

Sue JB