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Default vlookup with lookup value of different length

sortkey value
80101 10
80102 20
80103 30
80104 40
80105 50
80106 60
80107 70
80108 80
80109 90
801010 100
801011 110
801012 120
801013 130
801014 140
801015 150
801016 160
801017 170
801018 180
801019 190
801020 200
80151 11

=VLOOKUP($D2,$A$2:$B$41,1)
When I use the above formula to lookup for 80151, I get the wrong value "90"
(the corresponding sortkey is 80109) instead of my expected value "11" . Is
there a limitation of the VLOOKUP function that the lookup value has to be
sorted in order for correct result?