MATCH function returns the position of lookup_value in lookup_array.

If your example started in A1, this formula would return the row
number of "B" which is 2:

=MATCH(VLOOKUP("Tom",A1:B3,2,FALSE),B1:B3,0)


HTH,
JP

On Aug 19, 4:10*pm, Chuck M wrote:
Hi - Is there any way to know what the row # of a successful vlookup is? *

Ex. From the following 2 column, 3 row *lookup range:

* * * * * * * *col 1 * *col 2
row 1 * * * John * * A
row 2 * * * Tom * * B
row 3 * * * Jim * * * C

Vlookup(lookup range,"Tom",2,False) * returns 'B'. *Is there any way to know
that B is on row 2 of the lookup range?
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TIA
Chuck M.