vlookup with lookup value of different length
sortkey value
80101 10 80102 20 80103 30 80104 40 80105 50 80106 60 80107 70 80108 80 80109 90 801010 100 801011 110 801012 120 801013 130 801014 140 801015 150 801016 160 801017 170 801018 180 801019 190 801020 200 80151 11 =VLOOKUP($D2,$A$2:$B$41,1) When I use the above formula to lookup for 80151, I get the wrong value "90" (the corresponding sortkey is 80109) instead of my expected value "11" . Is there a limitation of the VLOOKUP function that the lookup value has to be sorted in order for correct result? |
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Try using the last argument in VLOOKUP. I also don't understand why you ask the formula to return the first column as the result, rather than the second! Try this: =VLOOKUP($D2,$A$2:$B$41,2, FALSE) Hope this helps. -- Andy. "accl" wrote in message ... sortkey value 80101 10 80102 20 80103 30 80104 40 80105 50 80106 60 80107 70 80108 80 80109 90 801010 100 801011 110 801012 120 801013 130 801014 140 801015 150 801016 160 801017 170 801018 180 801019 190 801020 200 80151 11 =VLOOKUP($D2,$A$2:$B$41,1) When I use the above formula to lookup for 80151, I get the wrong value "90" (the corresponding sortkey is 80109) instead of my expected value "11" . Is there a limitation of the VLOOKUP function that the lookup value has to be sorted in order for correct result? |
it works! thank you very much for your kind advice...andy b
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Pleased to help and thanks for the feedback!
-- Andy. "accl" wrote in message ... it works! thank you very much for your kind advice...andy b |
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