Can you do this test, open both workbooks, then use
=C10= go to the other work book and click on the cell that is supposedly a
match, then press enter.
If you get FALSE there might be things like trailing or leading spaces, if
imported from the web there might be invisible line feed like char 160
Also use ,0 after the 3 (column index) like
=VLOOKUP(C10,[gcodenewsetupcopy.xls]Sheet1'!C4:H81,3,0)
or FALSE like in (0 is the same as FALSE in this case)
=VLOOKUP(C10,[gcodenewsetupcopy.xls]Sheet1'!C4:H81,3,FALSE)
that way your formula looks for an exact match (I believe this was mentioned
by an earlier poster) and can explain unexpected errors
Post back if you get FALSE with the comparison cell to cell
=C10=[gcodenewsetupcopy.xls]Sheet1'!C4
replace C4 with the cell you are sure is a match in the lookup workbook
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Regards,
Peo Sjoblom
Portland, Oregon
"Boethius1" wrote
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Thanks Peo, that makes sense. However problem remains the equation is
still not pulling through required information.
Any ideas?
Thanks
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Peo Sjoblom Wrote:
That's because the workbook you lookup in is open, if you close it
you'll
get the full path
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Peo Sjoblom
Portland, Oregon
"Boethius1"
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Hi, thanks for your reply. However still can't get to work.
Have simplified path to
=VLOOKUP(C10,'C:\New Code Set
up\[gcodenewsetupcopy.xls]Sheet1'!C4:H81,3)
When ask it to look it does not pull through info and deletes the C:
drive and folder path from equation to leave
=VLOOKUP(C10,[gcodenewsetupcopy.xls]Sheet1'!C4:H81,3)
Very confusing!
Thanks for the BTW but first things first!
Thanks, Sharon
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ERR229 Wrote:
The syntax is incorrect - your paran is in the wrong place and
you're
missing
a comma:
You have
=VLOOKUPC10('C:\Documents and Settings\SharonS\My Documents\New
Code
Setup\[gcodenewsetupcopy.xls]Sheet1'!C4:H81,3)
You should have
=VLOOKUP(C10,'C:\Documents and Settings\SharonS\My Documents\New
Code
Setup\gcodenewsetupcopy.xlsSheet1'!C4:H81,3)
BTW, you may want to add the final range argument to be "false" to
avoid the
lookup bringing in the "closest match" to the requested data.
=VLOOKUPC10('C:\Documents and Settings\SharonS\My Documents\New
Code
Setup\[gcodenewsetupcopy.xls]Sheet1'!C4:H81,3, false)
Hope this helps.
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ERR229
"Boethius1" wrote:
Bob Phillips Wrote:
Open workbook B.
Goto workbook A.
In your cell, type = then Ctrl-F6 to get to workbook, select
the
cell,
then
Enter.
Workbook A will update the path when workbook B is closed.
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Wow that was a quick reply, thanks it works great BUT!
with that method I am still doing the search, I want an
automatic
method. I have typed the following equation but it is not
working,
any
ideas why path is wrong?
=VLOOKUPC10('C:\Documents and Settings\SharonS\My Documents\New
Code
Setup\[gcodenewsetupcopy.xls]Sheet1'!C4:H81,3)
With this equation I am trying to look up number from C4 within
the
range of C4 to H41 from the file shown in path so that it will
pull
through the text from column 3.
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