Bob, what do you mean "the data is not sorted"?
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Kris "New Excel User"


"Bob Phillips" wrote:

It may be that the data is not sorted, so try

=IF(A1="","",VLOOKUP(A1,Sheet1!A:B,2,FALSE))

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HTH

Bob

"Kris" wrote in message
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Question: I am working in Excel and I have 2 worksheets. Sheet 1 is the
client information with an ID# assigned to each client. Column A has the
#s
starting with row 2, name in B2.
Sheet 2 is my sales sheet. I want to be able, and I know this is a little
backwards, to enter the ID# in Column G (starting at line 3), to get the
Client name (from sheet 1) to appear in Column H automatically.
I cannot figure out where to enter the formula, how to write the formula,
or
what function to use.
I have been told to use the VLOOKUP and add the IF function.
"=IF(A1="","",VLOOKUP(Sheet2!A1,Sheet1!A:B,2)) ", this came from my
professor. Oh by the way I just finished Bis155 (Data Analysis
w/Spreadsheet,Excel)
I have also been told to enter this - =VLOOKUP(Table2[[#This Row],[Phone
Number]],Table3[[Column1]:[ID'#]],2,FALSE) . But he had it all wrong.
Can someone please help me???????
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Kris "Novice Excel User"


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