What if you try the INDEX/MATCH equivalent? Does it produce the same
problem?

=INDEX(E$2:E$501,MATCH(A7,'[sp 500 constituents.xls]Classification'!A
$2:A$501,0))

Does anything change?
Kostis Vezerides

On Feb 14, 6:52 pm, Jeanette
wrote:
There are no leading zeros. Example: 45203010, and only the first 4 digits
4520 are appearing in my destination spreadsheet.

"Bob Phillips" wrote:
Is it leading zeroes? If so, just format the cell as 00000000

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Bob

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"Jeanette" wrote in message
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I have a vlookup formula setup as follows:
=VLOOKUP(A7,'[sp 500 constituents.xls]Classification'!A$2:J$501,5,0)
The value listed in column 5 on "the sp 500 constituents" spreadsheet has
a
8 digit number. This value is only showing the first 4 digits in the
second
spreadsheet, where I need data. I have checked the format, so that they
both
show as numbers. What could be the problem as to why the result only
shows
the first 4 digits? Help!