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Default Vlookup/match?

On Aug 29, 1:22*am, "Max" wrote:
"Chris" wrote

It gave me a NA


Then I suspect that your JobCode data is inconsistent

Here's some options to the earlier to improve robustness in matching

If its text, try in G2:
=INDEX(Sheet2!E:E,MATCH(TRIM(C2),Sheet2!A:A,0))
TRIM removes extraneous spaces

If its numbers, try one of these options in G2:
=INDEX(Sheet2!E:E,MATCH(C2+0,Sheet2!A:A,0))
+0 converts text numbers to real numbers

=INDEX(Sheet2!E:E,MATCH(C2&"",Sheet2!A:A,0))
&"" converts real numbers to text numbers

=INDEX(Sheet2!E:E,MATCH(Text(C2,"000000"),Sheet2!A :A,0))
TEXT converts real numbers to text numbers, padding leading zeros to 6
digits (adapt to suit)
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Yes, you are right. I got it to work after a while, thanks for the
extra tips and for your help.