Earl,

What if that highest number in col A has more occurences, say six, and what
is wanted is the highest corresponding number in the ColumnToReturn which
will of course not necessarily be the "first" highest number found in col A.

So tha answer below would be 201.

A B

3 100
5 101
7 200
3 103
4 300
7 201
1 -600
2 201
7 104
5 301


Jack Sons
The Netherlands

"Earl Kiosterud" schreef in bericht
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Greg,

Use the MAX function in your VLOOKUP. SOmething like this untested one:

=VLOOKUP( MAX(A2:A30), Table, ColumnToReturn).

You could also sort the table, descending, on column A. That'd put the
highest one at the top of the list. Sorting a table for convenience on
some
particular column is a perfectly acceptable thing to do, as long as you're
familiar with Excel's sorting mechanism, and its dangers.

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Earl Kiosterud
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"gregork" wrote in message
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I am trying to VLookup a column (Sheet 1, A) to find the highest number.
Is
there a way to do this? I don't want to use auto filter.

Greg