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Paul
 
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Default Vlookup - effect of adding columns

Thanks, that works fine and is dead simple.

Cheers

Paul

"Ron Coderre" wrote:

Try this:
=VLOOKUP(A1,D:F,COLUMNS(D:F),false)

Does that help?

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Regards,
Ron

XL2002, WinXP-Pro


"Paul" wrote:

Hi,
If in a formula =vlookup(a1,D:F,3,false) someone later adds a column between
D & F, the result will be incorrect. Is there anyway to make the formula
resillient to columns being added to or subtracted from.

Thanks for looking.

Paul