To return an empty cell if a match is not found:

=IF(ISNA(MATCH(D1,A1:A100,0)),"",VLOOKUP(D1,A1:C10 0,3,0))
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HTH,

RD
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"Jimat56" wrote in message
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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