If the value being retunred is TEXT you can reduce that to:

=IF(ISNA(MATCH($N$1,BuildingNo,0)),"",
T(INDEX(EMP2009,MATCH($N$1,BuildingNo,0))))


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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Jacob Skaria" wrote in message
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Try the below

=IF(ISNA(MATCH($N$1,BuildingNo,0)),"",
IF(INDEX(EMP2009,MATCH($N$1,BuildingNo,0))="","",
INDEX(EMP2009,MATCH($N$1,BuildingNo,0))))

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Jacob Skaria


"Diddy" wrote:

Hi Jacob,

Thanks for replying :-)

I'm still getting a zero.

Does it make any differnce to know that, BuildingNo will always have a
number but Emp2009 sometimes has a value but sometimes is empty?

This confirms that I haven't really got INDEX and MATCH :-)

Cheers
Diddy

"Jacob Skaria" wrote:

Use ISNA() and IF()

=IF(ISNA(MATCH($N$1,BuildingNo,0)),"",INDEX(EMP200 9,
MATCH($N$1,BuildingNo,0)))

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Jacob Skaria


"Diddy" wrote:

Hi everyone,

I'm using the following formula to get data from a table

=INDEX(EMP2009,MATCH($N$1,BuildingNo,0))

If there is no data matching the building number and employee data in
the
appropriate row of EMP2009, then I'd like the formula to return a
blank.

I'm getting all tied up trying to add an if statement and it would be
fantastic if anyone could help.

Cheers
Diddy