Lookup question
 

Hi,

I use Excel 2004 for Mac.

My question relates to a Lookup issue.

All data is contained within the same file.

On one spreadsheet I have data in two columns. In the first column I
have a name - in the second column I have personal details (phone
number and email address)

On a second spreadsheet I want to create a lookup formula that will
autofill a cell for me. What I would like to do is to type a person's
name into a cell and then have the cell next to it look up and then
autofill their person details. When I try and do this using the lookup
command I am getting N/A and NAME errors.

Help appreciated, Nik


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Try VLOOKUP

ex:
=VLOOKUP(A2,Sheet1!A$2:B$10,2)


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Thanks for the help.

One thing that I think I have just figured out about the VLookup
command is that it has to start from the first column (A) of your
spreadsheet otherwise the Lookup doesn't work.

When I moved the data across the spreadsheet to start at column C, and
changed the return column value accordingly (to column 4 instead of 2),
I found that I returned an error. Am I doing something wrong or is this
the only way the Lookup works?

regards, Nik


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Hi!

You're lookup table can be anywhere on any sheet.

The lookup value must be in the FIRST column of the lookup table.

If the lookup table is in the range C1:G100, the lookup value MUST be in
column C, C1:C100. The number of the column reference is realtive to it's
position in the lookup table. Consider this:

=Vlookup(A1,C1:G100,2,0)

The lookup value in A1 must be in the range C1:C100. If found the formula
will return the corresponding value from column 2 of the lookup table. In
this case the relative column 2 is physically located in column D, D1:D100.

Biff

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Thanks for the help.

One thing that I think I have just figured out about the VLookup
command is that it has to start from the first column (A) of your
spreadsheet otherwise the Lookup doesn't work.

When I moved the data across the spreadsheet to start at column C, and
changed the return column value accordingly (to column 4 instead of 2),
I found that I returned an error. Am I doing something wrong or is this
the only way the Lookup works?

regards, Nik


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Thanks Biff - makes perfect sense!


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