Did you miss the "FALSE" parameter in the statement?
i.e. VLOOKUP(key,range,col,FALSE)
The parameter will force the function to find an exact match.

If all else fails - try help.
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Regards
Rob
"papio5949" wrote in message
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Help! My vlookup formula produces a match that is greater than the lookup
value. The values in the first column of the table is in ascending order and
none of them are text. It's driving me crazy!
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papi