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vlookup 3 columns all return same
i have this formula in 3 columns but w different tabs in the spreadsheet
=IF(VLOOKUP(A5,'C:\Documents and Settings\Gillian Mason\My Documents\MDA\[copy 2Share Recommendations.xls]Stocks'!$B$10:$D$413,2),1,"") i.e. a column looking in the "shares" tab then "stocks" then "model", however they all return a value of 1 even though A5 will only be found in one of them. i am not sure what i have done wrong. thanks anyone |
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You MAY want to check the returned value of the VLOOKUP, maybe like:
=IF(VLOOKUP(A5,'C:\Documents and Settings\Gillian Mason\My Documents\MDA\[copy 2Share Recommendations.xls]Stocks'!$B$10:$D$413,2)=A5,1,"") (I added "=A5" to the formula). Your formula is testing if the VLOOKUP is anything but False. Since it isn't, it returns a 1. HTH Bob Umlas Excel MVP "Micayla Bergen" wrote in message ... i have this formula in 3 columns but w different tabs in the spreadsheet =IF(VLOOKUP(A5,'C:\Documents and Settings\Gillian Mason\My Documents\MDA\[copy 2Share Recommendations.xls]Stocks'!$B$10:$D$413,2),1,"") i.e. a column looking in the "shares" tab then "stocks" then "model", however they all return a value of 1 even though A5 will only be found in one of them. i am not sure what i have done wrong. thanks anyone |
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Hi Bob
i added =A5 as you suggested but now all the cells are empty, even though A5 is in the "stocks" sheet. ideally what i want is for the formula to check for A5 in the 3 sheets and return a 1 if its there, but i know if i use a vlookup it has to return a value from the same sheet, so i have a column for each tab and have isolated the function to only check one tab each, so then i can tally them later. i though this would be an easy way. do you have any other suggestions? "Bob Umlas" wrote: You MAY want to check the returned value of the VLOOKUP, maybe like: =IF(VLOOKUP(A5,'C:\Documents and Settings\Gillian Mason\My Documents\MDA\[copy 2Share Recommendations.xls]Stocks'!$B$10:$D$413,2)=A5,1,"") (I added "=A5" to the formula). Your formula is testing if the VLOOKUP is anything but False. Since it isn't, it returns a 1. HTH Bob Umlas Excel MVP "Micayla Bergen" wrote in message ... i have this formula in 3 columns but w different tabs in the spreadsheet =IF(VLOOKUP(A5,'C:\Documents and Settings\Gillian Mason\My Documents\MDA\[copy 2Share Recommendations.xls]Stocks'!$B$10:$D$413,2),1,"") i.e. a column looking in the "shares" tab then "stocks" then "model", however they all return a value of 1 even though A5 will only be found in one of them. i am not sure what i have done wrong. thanks anyone |
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Try this:
=IF(ISNA(MATCH(A5,'C:\Documents and Settings\Gillian Mason\My Documents\MDA\[copy 2Share Recommendations.xls]Stocks'!$B$10:$B$413,0)),"",1) If the path and range of that other file are static you could use a defined name to refer to it then use a much cleaner looking formula like: =IF(ISNA(MATCH(A5,path,0)),"",1) Biff "Micayla Bergen" wrote in message ... Hi Bob i added =A5 as you suggested but now all the cells are empty, even though A5 is in the "stocks" sheet. ideally what i want is for the formula to check for A5 in the 3 sheets and return a 1 if its there, but i know if i use a vlookup it has to return a value from the same sheet, so i have a column for each tab and have isolated the function to only check one tab each, so then i can tally them later. i though this would be an easy way. do you have any other suggestions? "Bob Umlas" wrote: You MAY want to check the returned value of the VLOOKUP, maybe like: =IF(VLOOKUP(A5,'C:\Documents and Settings\Gillian Mason\My Documents\MDA\[copy 2Share Recommendations.xls]Stocks'!$B$10:$D$413,2)=A5,1,"") (I added "=A5" to the formula). Your formula is testing if the VLOOKUP is anything but False. Since it isn't, it returns a 1. HTH Bob Umlas Excel MVP "Micayla Bergen" wrote in message ... i have this formula in 3 columns but w different tabs in the spreadsheet =IF(VLOOKUP(A5,'C:\Documents and Settings\Gillian Mason\My Documents\MDA\[copy 2Share Recommendations.xls]Stocks'!$B$10:$D$413,2),1,"") i.e. a column looking in the "shares" tab then "stocks" then "model", however they all return a value of 1 even though A5 will only be found in one of them. i am not sure what i have done wrong. thanks anyone |
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Hi Biff
the bottom one works best thank you! "Biff" wrote: Try this: =IF(ISNA(MATCH(A5,'C:\Documents and Settings\Gillian Mason\My Documents\MDA\[copy 2Share Recommendations.xls]Stocks'!$B$10:$B$413,0)),"",1) If the path and range of that other file are static you could use a defined name to refer to it then use a much cleaner looking formula like: =IF(ISNA(MATCH(A5,path,0)),"",1) Biff "Micayla Bergen" wrote in message ... Hi Bob i added =A5 as you suggested but now all the cells are empty, even though A5 is in the "stocks" sheet. ideally what i want is for the formula to check for A5 in the 3 sheets and return a 1 if its there, but i know if i use a vlookup it has to return a value from the same sheet, so i have a column for each tab and have isolated the function to only check one tab each, so then i can tally them later. i though this would be an easy way. do you have any other suggestions? "Bob Umlas" wrote: You MAY want to check the returned value of the VLOOKUP, maybe like: =IF(VLOOKUP(A5,'C:\Documents and Settings\Gillian Mason\My Documents\MDA\[copy 2Share Recommendations.xls]Stocks'!$B$10:$D$413,2)=A5,1,"") (I added "=A5" to the formula). Your formula is testing if the VLOOKUP is anything but False. Since it isn't, it returns a 1. HTH Bob Umlas Excel MVP "Micayla Bergen" wrote in message ... i have this formula in 3 columns but w different tabs in the spreadsheet =IF(VLOOKUP(A5,'C:\Documents and Settings\Gillian Mason\My Documents\MDA\[copy 2Share Recommendations.xls]Stocks'!$B$10:$D$413,2),1,"") i.e. a column looking in the "shares" tab then "stocks" then "model", however they all return a value of 1 even though A5 will only be found in one of them. i am not sure what i have done wrong. thanks anyone |
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