Assume you VLOOKUP would look like this

=VLOOKUP(A2,B2:D400,2,FALSE)

=IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH(A2,B2:B400,0)),VLOOKUP(A2,B2:D4 00,2,FALSE),"")

that is the best way to error check it, will return a blank cell if value
not found


Regards,

Peo Sjoblom

"Jimat56" wrote:

I need a way of testing the return value from a vlookup call.
It will happen that the lookup will fail and the return will be #N/A, which
is not nicest thing to see on a spreadsheet! I have tried "if" statement
variations but testing the cell is unsuccessful as the 'value'of the cell is
not what is displayed!

Jim Crawford
Alden Press
Oxford UK