We could use an IF error trap:

=IF(VLOOKUP(A21,Physical!$C$5:$AN$114,27,FALSE)=0, "",
VLOOKUP(A21,Physical!$C$5:$AN$114,27,FALSE))

but it comes at a cost of increased calc load & slower performance,
especially if there's lots of such formulas in the sheet/book

Another (possibly better?) option is simply to switch off the display of
zeros* in the sheet, via clicking Tools Options View tab Uncheck "Zero
values" OK

*"00-Jan-00" is simply a zero, if cell is formatted as date (dd-mmm-yy)
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"Pedros" wrote in
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the lookup I am using is:
=VLOOKUP(A21,Physical!$C$5:$AN$114,27,FALSE)

I am using the lookup in a large series of consecutive rows and columns
and within the table array there are empty cells. I need the lookup to
return the value of all cells but when it arrives at a blank cell I
need it to return a blank cell. Currently when it arrives at a blank
cell it returns the date 00-Jan-00.

can anyone help?

Thanks in advance!!


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