Dropping the clng alone won't do if your A1:A100 contains a mix of numbers
and text (where cells have real numbers stored as numbers).

If that is the case, see my suggestion.

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy


"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
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CLng() converts the numeric string to real numbers.

If you drop that from your statement, you'll be looking for a text match:

ans = Application.Match(TextBox2.Text, Range("A1:A100"), 0)



Greg wrote:

How do I change this to lookup a word in the range i specified. It
works
with numbers but not letters

ans = Application.Match(CLng(TextBox2.Text), Range("A1:A100"), 0)

Thanks in advance

Greg

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Dave Peterson