You don't need the second MATCH formula:

=IF(ISNA(MATCH("POS*",B$83:B$782,0))," ","Please be advised the POS LOBs
have been converted to PPO LOBs")

SharonP. wrote:
My snytax is still incorrect - I'm getting the error -
"You've entered too many arguments for this function".
The following is a cut and paste of my formula -

=IF(ISNA(MATCH("POS",B$83:B$782,0))," ",MATCH("POS",B$83:B$782,0), "Please
be advised the POS LOBs have been converted to PPO LOBs")

This formula looks right to me. Excel frustrates me so bad some days!

"Anne Troy" wrote:


=IF(ISNA(MATCH ("POS*",B$83:B$782,0)),"",MATCH ("POS*",B$83:B$782,0),"Please
be advised the POS LOBs have been converted to PPO LOBs")

Try that, I think.
************
Anne Troy
www.OfficeArticles.com

"SharonP." wrote in message
...

Thanks for getting me started - getting an error with this formula -
probably
something silly - late in the day.

=IF(ISNA(MATCH ("POS*",B$83:B$782,0)),"", MATCH
"POS*",B$83:B$782,0),"Please
be advised the POS LOBs have been converted to PPO LOBs", "")

"Anne Troy" wrote:


Sorry...
=If(ISNA(MATCH("POS*",B$83:B$782,0)),"",MATCH( "POS*",B$83:B$782,0),"Please
be advised the POS LOBs have been converted to PPO LOBs", "")

************
Anne Troy
www.OfficeArticles.com

"SharonP." wrote in message
...

Hi, I'm using the following formula. The problem is that sometimes
my value isn't found and I'm not getting a blank but rather #N/A.

=IF(MATCH("POS*",B$83:B$782,0),"Please be advised the POS LOBs have
been
converted to PPO LOBs", "")

1. Is there a fix to my formula? or
2. In the cell that results #N/A - I could set a conditional format to
make
a white background and white font. However, when I try that - it's not
working either.

Cell format = #N/A doesn't do what I want.








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