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Default index/Match Misbehaving

Hmmm...

If you have the match_type set for an exact match then the formula should
return #N/A if an exact match isn't found.

Can I see your file (if it's not too big: 1mb)?

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"ryguy7272" wrote in message
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Yeah, I tried that. I just keep getting the last number in the index
list.
I've under Index/Match thousands of times before; can't figure out why
it's
not working now.

Anything else?

Ryan---

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"T. Valko" wrote:

What could cause this?


Using a match_type argument of 1 (or TRUE or omitted) when the data is
not
sorted in ascending order.

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"ryguy7272" wrote in message
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I created a Pivot table, and did a copy/paste special values to get rid
of
the Pivot Table. Now, I try to do a simple Index/Match, and I almost
always
get the lowest value in the list as a result, no matter what lookup
value
I
use for the Match. What could cause this? I know the zip codes (this
is
the
array for the index) come out as text (this file was downloaded from an
external system). That shouldn't matter, right. I'm not concerned
about
the
data type, I'm just looking for my Match, but can't find it. Anyway,
even
if
I convert the zips to number-type, the results are still wrong.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
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