It actually converts the text value to its numeric equivalent here.

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Bob

"Jacob Skaria" wrote in message
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Hi Narayanan

-- converts boolean values to 1 and 0. Try the below formulas

=--TRUE returns 1
=--FALSE returns 0

Take a look at JE McGimpsey's site:
http://www.mcgimpsey.com/excel/timestamp.html


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"VKL Narayanan" wrote:

ok, thanks, I tried and it worked,

what is the meaning of adding --

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

Try

=VLOOKUP(--D80,$D$923:$F$1025,3,FALSE)

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"VKL Narayanan" wrote in
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Thanks

The formula is reproduced below

=VLOOKUP(D80,$D$923:$F$1025,3,FALSE)

D80 is a numbe formatted as text, the arry is given below

Account Description Set
2011001 akfjdkljfl Loc+CC
2021001 akfjdkljfl Loc+CC

D80 is searching for values under the column "Account" and I have a
value
2011001 in D80 and it is still returning #NA, I formatted the column
as
text,
deleted and pasted the values, but nothing is working.




"Bernard Liengme" wrote:

It would help if you showed us the formula and some sample table
data
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"VKL Narayanan" wrote in
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I am trying to vlookup a number stored as text. I have verified
and
reverified the formula nothing seems to be wrong, the syntex is
correct
and
the field references are correct, but it keeps returning for all
cells
#NA.
How to debug this?