Assuming the dates on sheet1 are sorted in ascending order as is shown in
your sample data...

=LOOKUP(A2,Sheet1!A$2:C$4)

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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"5F80YZ" wrote in message
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Hi. I desparately need help with this look up function

The look up data is as below

Sheet 1
Column A Column B Column C
26/10/09 25/11/09 1.123
26/11/09 25/12/09 1.654
26/12/09 25/01/09 1.897

Sheet 2
Column A Column B
05/11/09 ________
15/01/09 ________
21/12/09 ________

OK, what I need to do is in Sheet 2, I need to look up for the dates in
column A and get the look up value from Column C is Sheet 1. Can someone
please help me??