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I need a formula that will lok up what is in a cell an another worksheet, and
return "y" if it finds it and "n" if it doesn't

I've tried using an if ststement with a v look up but I can't seem to get it
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=IF(ISNA(VLOOKUP(B1,Sheet2!A1:A4,1,FALSE)),"n","y" )

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|I need a formula that will lok up what is in a cell an another worksheet, and
| return "y" if it finds it and "n" if it doesn't
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| I've tried using an if ststement with a v look up but I can't seem to get it
| right


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=IF(ISERROR(VLOOKUP([your vlookup])),"n","y")

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"Katie" wrote:

I need a formula that will lok up what is in a cell an another worksheet, and
return "y" if it finds it and "n" if it doesn't

I've tried using an if ststement with a v look up but I can't seem to get it
right

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I need a formula that will lok up what is in a cell an another worksheet,
and
return "y" if it finds it and "n" if it doesn't

I've tried using an if ststement with a v look up but I can't seem to get
it
right



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