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MATCH and #N/A
I am searching 12 columns to find the occurance of a particular letter. If
the letter is not in any of the columns, MATCH returns #N/A. How do I set up the formula to return zero instead of #N/A? |
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MATCH and #N/A
=if(isnumber(match(...)), match(...),0)
or =if(isna(match(...)),0,match(...)) if you're using xl2007, you may want to look at =iferror(). Bill wrote: I am searching 12 columns to find the occurance of a particular letter. If the letter is not in any of the columns, MATCH returns #N/A. How do I set up the formula to return zero instead of #N/A? -- Dave Peterson |
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MATCH and #N/A
=IF(ISNA(MATCH(lookup,Range,0)),0,MATCH(lookup,Ran ge,0))
-- Regards, Peo Sjoblom "Bill" wrote in message ... I am searching 12 columns to find the occurance of a particular letter. If the letter is not in any of the columns, MATCH returns #N/A. How do I set up the formula to return zero instead of #N/A? |
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MATCH and #N/A
One Way:
=IF(ISNA(MATCH(E1,A1:A10,"ValueToSearch")),0,MATCH (E1,A1:A10,"ValueToSearch")) HTH, Paul -- "Bill" wrote in message ... I am searching 12 columns to find the occurance of a particular letter. If the letter is not in any of the columns, MATCH returns #N/A. How do I set up the formula to return zero instead of #N/A? |
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MATCH and #N/A
=IF(ISNA(MATCH(...)),0,MATCH(...))
-- David Biddulph "Bill" wrote in message ... I am searching 12 columns to find the occurance of a particular letter. If the letter is not in any of the columns, MATCH returns #N/A. How do I set up the formula to return zero instead of #N/A? |
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