finding exact matches using vlookup
I am getting #N/A errors even when I have an apparently exact match in my
table array to the lookup value. I know that excel requires the formats to be exactly the same and I can force the match if I copy the lookup value from my table array and paste it into the worksheet. Is there an easy way to "fix" my table array. The table array is a reference worksheet I have created which has worked in the past. |
finding exact matches using vlookup
are you working with dates?
"Ekazakoff" wrote in message ... I am getting #N/A errors even when I have an apparently exact match in my table array to the lookup value. I know that excel requires the formats to be exactly the same and I can force the match if I copy the lookup value from my table array and paste it into the worksheet. Is there an easy way to "fix" my table array. The table array is a reference worksheet I have created which has worked in the past. |
finding exact matches using vlookup
If there are numbers involved it might be that either the lookup value or
the lookup column are text values =ISTEXT(A1) will return TRUE if a value is text thus you can check if that's the case You could have invisible characters in the string, test with =LEN(A1) if that matches what you can count it is OK, if the resulting character count is greater than what you can count you have invisible characters To convert text numbers to number numbers, select the cell(s), do datatext to columns and click finish or copy an empty cell, select the cell(s) in question and do editpaste special and select add -- Regards, Peo Sjoblom Excel 95 - Excel 2007 Northwest Excel Solutions www.nwexcelsolutions.com "Ekazakoff" wrote in message ... I am getting #N/A errors even when I have an apparently exact match in my table array to the lookup value. I know that excel requires the formats to be exactly the same and I can force the match if I copy the lookup value from my table array and paste it into the worksheet. Is there an easy way to "fix" my table array. The table array is a reference worksheet I have created which has worked in the past. |
finding exact matches using vlookup
I did find I have hidden characters. How do I get rid of them?
"Ekazakoff" wrote: I am getting #N/A errors even when I have an apparently exact match in my table array to the lookup value. I know that excel requires the formats to be exactly the same and I can force the match if I copy the lookup value from my table array and paste it into the worksheet. Is there an easy way to "fix" my table array. The table array is a reference worksheet I have created which has worked in the past. |
finding exact matches using vlookup
You can run a macro
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/join.htm#trimall same site has instructions on how to install macros if the extra character is a space you can use =VLOOKUP(A2,TRIM(range),column_index,FALSE) replace A2 with your lookup value and range with your lookup table entered with ctrl + shift & enter -- Regards, Peo Sjoblom Excel 95 - Excel 2007 Northwest Excel Solutions www.nwexcelsolutions.com "Ekazakoff" wrote in message ... I did find I have hidden characters. How do I get rid of them? "Ekazakoff" wrote: I am getting #N/A errors even when I have an apparently exact match in my table array to the lookup value. I know that excel requires the formats to be exactly the same and I can force the match if I copy the lookup value from my table array and paste it into the worksheet. Is there an easy way to "fix" my table array. The table array is a reference worksheet I have created which has worked in the past. |
finding exact matches using vlookup
The clean function won't remove invisible html characters which usually is
the culprit when trim does not work thus I gave a link to a macro that will remove all obsolete characters including the characters that CLEAN will remove -- Regards, Peo Sjoblom Excel 95 - Excel 2007 Northwest Excel Solutions www.nwexcelsolutions.com "Sasa Stankovic" wrote in message ... Well, TRIM function might not work just good enought because it cleans spaces but it doesnt clean HIDDEN characters! For that job there is CLEAN function! So your VLOOKUP should be little modify: =VLOOKUP(A2,CLEAN(range),column_index,0) "Peo Sjoblom" wrote in message ... You can run a macro http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/join.htm#trimall same site has instructions on how to install macros if the extra character is a space you can use =VLOOKUP(A2,TRIM(range),column_index,FALSE) replace A2 with your lookup value and range with your lookup table entered with ctrl + shift & enter -- Regards, Peo Sjoblom Excel 95 - Excel 2007 Northwest Excel Solutions www.nwexcelsolutions.com "Ekazakoff" wrote in message ... I did find I have hidden characters. How do I get rid of them? "Ekazakoff" wrote: I am getting #N/A errors even when I have an apparently exact match in my table array to the lookup value. I know that excel requires the formats to be exactly the same and I can force the match if I copy the lookup value from my table array and paste it into the worksheet. Is there an easy way to "fix" my table array. The table array is a reference worksheet I have created which has worked in the past. |
finding exact matches using vlookup
There is one way to clean HTML characters from your data but you will
have to do it at a time for one column, 1)select the column in which you have HTML characters then press Ctrl+C to copy the column. 2) then open (windows) NOTEPAD press Ctrl+V to paste your data in NOTPAD. 3) then press Ctrl+H to find and replace the HTML characters. 4) just select one of the HTML character normaly it should be in the end of every line copy it then paste it as value of Find what: 5) don't put any thing in Replace with: value press replace all . 6) press Ctrl+A to copy all and paste it back in excel column. hope it will help you. Regards, Khan Peo Sjoblom wrote: The clean function won't remove invisible html characters which usually is the culprit when trim does not work thus I gave a link to a macro that will remove all obsolete characters including the characters that CLEAN will remove -- Regards, Peo Sjoblom Excel 95 - Excel 2007 Northwest Excel Solutions www.nwexcelsolutions.com "Sasa Stankovic" wrote in message ... Well, TRIM function might not work just good enought because it cleans spaces but it doesnt clean HIDDEN characters! For that job there is CLEAN function! So your VLOOKUP should be little modify: =VLOOKUP(A2,CLEAN(range),column_index,0) "Peo Sjoblom" wrote in message ... You can run a macro http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/join.htm#trimall same site has instructions on how to install macros if the extra character is a space you can use =VLOOKUP(A2,TRIM(range),column_index,FALSE) replace A2 with your lookup value and range with your lookup table entered with ctrl + shift & enter -- Regards, Peo Sjoblom Excel 95 - Excel 2007 Northwest Excel Solutions www.nwexcelsolutions.com "Ekazakoff" wrote in message ... I did find I have hidden characters. How do I get rid of them? "Ekazakoff" wrote: I am getting #N/A errors even when I have an apparently exact match in my table array to the lookup value. I know that excel requires the formats to be exactly the same and I can force the match if I copy the lookup value from my table array and paste it into the worksheet. Is there an easy way to "fix" my table array. The table array is a reference worksheet I have created which has worked in the past. |
finding exact matches using vlookup
There is one way to clean HTML characters from your data but you will
have to do it at a time for one column, 1)select the column in which you have HTML characters then press Ctrl+C to copy the column. 2) then open (windows) NOTEPAD press Ctrl+V to paste your data in NOTPAD. 3) then press Ctrl+H to find and replace the HTML characters. 4) just select one of the HTML character normaly it should be in the end of every line copy it then paste it as value of Find what: 5) don't put any thing in Replace with: value press replace all . 6) press Ctrl+A to copy all and paste it back in excel column. hope it will help you. Regards, Khan Peo Sjoblom wrote: The clean function won't remove invisible html characters which usually is the culprit when trim does not work thus I gave a link to a macro that will remove all obsolete characters including the characters that CLEAN will remove -- Regards, Peo Sjoblom Excel 95 - Excel 2007 Northwest Excel Solutions www.nwexcelsolutions.com "Sasa Stankovic" wrote in message ... Well, TRIM function might not work just good enought because it cleans spaces but it doesnt clean HIDDEN characters! For that job there is CLEAN function! So your VLOOKUP should be little modify: =VLOOKUP(A2,CLEAN(range),column_index,0) "Peo Sjoblom" wrote in message ... You can run a macro http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/join.htm#trimall same site has instructions on how to install macros if the extra character is a space you can use =VLOOKUP(A2,TRIM(range),column_index,FALSE) replace A2 with your lookup value and range with your lookup table entered with ctrl + shift & enter -- Regards, Peo Sjoblom Excel 95 - Excel 2007 Northwest Excel Solutions www.nwexcelsolutions.com "Ekazakoff" wrote in message ... I did find I have hidden characters. How do I get rid of them? "Ekazakoff" wrote: I am getting #N/A errors even when I have an apparently exact match in my table array to the lookup value. I know that excel requires the formats to be exactly the same and I can force the match if I copy the lookup value from my table array and paste it into the worksheet. Is there an easy way to "fix" my table array. The table array is a reference worksheet I have created which has worked in the past. |
finding exact matches using vlookup
There is one way to clean HTML characters from your data but you will
have to do it at a time for one column, 1)select the column in which you have HTML characters then press Ctrl+C to copy the column. 2) then open (windows) NOTEPAD press Ctrl+V to paste your data in NOTEPAD. 3) then press Ctrl+H to find and replace the HTML characters. 4) just select one of the HTML character normaly it should be in the end of every line copy it then paste it as value of Find what: 5) don't put any thing in Replace with: value press replace all . 6) press Ctrl+A to copy all and paste it back in excel column. Actully NOTEPAD can recognise those characters which excel can't. Regards, Khan Peo Sjoblom wrote: The clean function won't remove invisible html characters which usually is the culprit when trim does not work thus I gave a link to a macro that will remove all obsolete characters including the characters that CLEAN will remove -- Regards, Peo Sjoblom Excel 95 - Excel 2007 Northwest Excel Solutions www.nwexcelsolutions.com "Sasa Stankovic" wrote in message ... Well, TRIM function might not work just good enought because it cleans spaces but it doesnt clean HIDDEN characters! For that job there is CLEAN function! So your VLOOKUP should be little modify: =VLOOKUP(A2,CLEAN(range),column_index,0) "Peo Sjoblom" wrote in message ... You can run a macro http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/join.htm#trimall same site has instructions on how to install macros if the extra character is a space you can use =VLOOKUP(A2,TRIM(range),column_index,FALSE) replace A2 with your lookup value and range with your lookup table entered with ctrl + shift & enter -- Regards, Peo Sjoblom Excel 95 - Excel 2007 Northwest Excel Solutions www.nwexcelsolutions.com "Ekazakoff" wrote in message ... I did find I have hidden characters. How do I get rid of them? "Ekazakoff" wrote: I am getting #N/A errors even when I have an apparently exact match in my table array to the lookup value. I know that excel requires the formats to be exactly the same and I can force the match if I copy the lookup value from my table array and paste it into the worksheet. Is there an easy way to "fix" my table array. The table array is a reference worksheet I have created which has worked in the past. |
finding exact matches using vlookup
Hi try this!
1)select the column in which you have HTML characters then press Ctrl+C to copy the column. 2) then open (windows) NOTEPAD press Ctrl+V to paste your data in NOTEPAD. 3) then press Ctrl+H to find and replace the HTML characters. 4) just select one of the HTML character normaly it should be in the end of every line copy it then paste it as value of Find what: 5) don't put any thing in Replace with: value press replace all . 6) press Ctrl+A to copy all and paste it back in excel column. Actully NOTEPAD can recognise those characters which excel can't. Regards, Khan Peo Sjoblom wrote: The clean function won't remove invisible html characters which usually is the culprit when trim does not work thus I gave a link to a macro that will remove all obsolete characters including the characters that CLEAN will remove -- Regards, Peo Sjoblom Excel 95 - Excel 2007 Northwest Excel Solutions www.nwexcelsolutions.com "Sasa Stankovic" wrote in message ... Well, TRIM function might not work just good enought because it cleans spaces but it doesnt clean HIDDEN characters! For that job there is CLEAN function! So your VLOOKUP should be little modify: =VLOOKUP(A2,CLEAN(range),column_index,0) "Peo Sjoblom" wrote in message ... You can run a macro http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/join.htm#trimall same site has instructions on how to install macros if the extra character is a space you can use =VLOOKUP(A2,TRIM(range),column_index,FALSE) replace A2 with your lookup value and range with your lookup table entered with ctrl + shift & enter -- Regards, Peo Sjoblom Excel 95 - Excel 2007 Northwest Excel Solutions www.nwexcelsolutions.com "Ekazakoff" wrote in message ... I did find I have hidden characters. How do I get rid of them? "Ekazakoff" wrote: I am getting #N/A errors even when I have an apparently exact match in my table array to the lookup value. I know that excel requires the formats to be exactly the same and I can force the match if I copy the lookup value from my table array and paste it into the worksheet. Is there an easy way to "fix" my table array. The table array is a reference worksheet I have created which has worked in the past. |
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