I need to use a LOOKUP on the output of a previous LOOKUP, which means my
first LOOKUP output needs to be sorted. Since I am creating an application
for use from others, is there a way to autosort the output of a LOOKUP so it
can be "LOOKUP'ed again?"

The VLOOKUP function has an optional Range_Lookup setting that defaults to
TRUE if left blank. When set to TRUE the lookup peforms an approximate
match, which means it looks for the first occurrence of a likely candidate.

Example: VLOOKUP(Value, LookupTable,ColumnIndex,[Range_Lookup])

If you set the Range_Lookup option to FALSE it returns an exact match only.
Setting the optional argument to FALSE will eliminate the need to sort your
lookupd data.

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Kevin Backmann


"Bliss" wrote:

I need to use a LOOKUP on the output of a previous LOOKUP, which means my
first LOOKUP output needs to be sorted. Since I am creating an application
for use from others, is there a way to autosort the output of a LOOKUP so it
can be "LOOKUP'ed again?"

Have you thought of using INDEX with a MATCH function? For me, the
INDEX-MATCH has replaced the VLOOKUP.

Tim

"Bliss" wrote:

I need to use a LOOKUP on the output of a previous LOOKUP, which means my
first LOOKUP output needs to be sorted. Since I am creating an application
for use from others, is there a way to autosort the output of a LOOKUP so it
can be "LOOKUP'ed again?"