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I am using vlookup with the following formula:

=VLOOKUP($A2,PROTOCOL,12,FALSE)

Column 12 is a date (01-jan-08). When the value in 12 is blank, I get
"0-jan-00" returned. How do I tweak to keep blank.

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=IF(VLOOKUP($A2,PROTOCOL,12,FALSE)="","",VLOOKUP($ A2,PROTOCOL,12,FALSE))


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On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:59:01 -0800, PAL wrote:

I am using vlookup with the following formula:

=VLOOKUP($A2,PROTOCOL,12,FALSE)

Column 12 is a date (01-jan-08). When the value in 12 is blank, I get
"0-jan-00" returned. How do I tweak to keep blank.

Thanks



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Holy Smokes. Thanks.

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

=IF(VLOOKUP($A2,PROTOCOL,12,FALSE)="","",VLOOKUP($ A2,PROTOCOL,12,FALSE))


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP


On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:59:01 -0800, PAL wrote:

I am using vlookup with the following formula:

=VLOOKUP($A2,PROTOCOL,12,FALSE)

Column 12 is a date (01-jan-08). When the value in 12 is blank, I get
"0-jan-00" returned. How do I tweak to keep blank.

Thanks




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