Vlookup and #N/A error
 

I keep getting this problem and always find very hard to overcome
without loosing much time and efforts. I have one spreadsheet A with
vlookup formulas that are supposed to retrieve the info I want (prices)
which are located in another spredsheet (B). The idea is to insert a
reference in spreadsheet A and the vlookup formula gives me the price
for that reference. Every year I have prices updates so I copy the
spreadsheet that I am given from my boss with the thousands of new
prices and paste it to the spreadsheet B. The problem is that once I do
this the vlookup formulas in spreasheet A seems to not recognize the
values I've just pasted in spreadheet B and retrieve no values! A
friend of mine once teached me to use a formula to format the cells in
spreadheet B. This is: "=D4&"" (D4 is just an example of a cell - I do
this to every cells). I insert new columns and paste this formula in
there and then I copy and paste the values to the cells where they
should be. Once I do this the vlookup formula starts to work and
retrieve the values that I want but I loose the format of the cells - I
have columns which I need to be formated as currency with only 2 decimal
places (I get 10!), others that are percentile, and so on. Is there an
easy way to paste the data in spreadsheet B and immediately the
formulas in spreadheet A reterieve the values I want and with the
format I want? Thanks in advance.


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Hi

Instead CopyPaste use CopyPasteSpecial Values


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I keep getting this problem and always find very hard to overcome
without loosing much time and efforts. I have one spreadsheet A with
vlookup formulas that are supposed to retrieve the info I want (prices)
which are located in another spredsheet (B). The idea is to insert a
reference in spreadsheet A and the vlookup formula gives me the price
for that reference. Every year I have prices updates so I copy the
spreadsheet that I am given from my boss with the thousands of new
prices and paste it to the spreadsheet B. The problem is that once I do
this the vlookup formulas in spreasheet A seems to not recognize the
values I've just pasted in spreadheet B and retrieve no values! A
friend of mine once teached me to use a formula to format the cells in
spreadheet B. This is: "=D4&"" (D4 is just an example of a cell - I do
this to every cells). I insert new columns and paste this formula in
there and then I copy and paste the values to the cells where they
should be. Once I do this the vlookup formula starts to work and
retrieve the values that I want but I loose the format of the cells - I
have columns which I need to be formated as currency with only 2 decimal
places (I get 10!), others that are percentile, and so on. Is there an
easy way to paste the data in spreadsheet B and immediately the
formulas in spreadheet A reterieve the values I want and with the
format I want? Thanks in advance.


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I wish it would be that easy! I tried but it doesn't work. I think I
have to format the cells before or after I paste the new values. I just
don't know how I should do it. Any other suggestions?


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<but it doesn't work

So what *does* it do?

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I wish it would be that easy! I tried but it doesn't work. I think I
have to format the cells before or after I paste the new values. I just
don't know how I should do it. Any other suggestions?


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It doesn't do anything. The Vlookup formulas in the spreadsheet A won't
retrieve the values!


Niek Otten Wrote:
<but it doesn't work

So what *does* it do?

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I wish it would be that easy! I tried but it doesn't work. I think I
have to format the cells before or after I paste the new values. I
just
don't know how I should do it. Any other suggestions?


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So what do you see? An error value? What? The formula? Then format the cell
as general and re-enter the formula (F2, ENTER)
"Doesn't do" doesn't exist! Or is there a whole in your screen where look
through?

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It doesn't do anything. The Vlookup formulas in the spreadsheet A won't
retrieve the values!


Niek Otten Wrote:
<but it doesn't work

So what *does* it do?

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I wish it would be that easy! I tried but it doesn't work. I think I
have to format the cells before or after I paste the new values. I
just
don't know how I should do it. Any other suggestions?


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Have you tried using "Data -- Text to Columns -- Finish" to eliminate extra
spaces?


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I keep getting this problem and always find very hard to overcome
without loosing much time and efforts. I have one spreadsheet A with
vlookup formulas that are supposed to retrieve the info I want (prices)
which are located in another spredsheet (B). The idea is to insert a
reference in spreadsheet A and the vlookup formula gives me the price
for that reference. Every year I have prices updates so I copy the
spreadsheet that I am given from my boss with the thousands of new
prices and paste it to the spreadsheet B. The problem is that once I do
this the vlookup formulas in spreasheet A seems to not recognize the
values I've just pasted in spreadheet B and retrieve no values! A
friend of mine once teached me to use a formula to format the cells in
spreadheet B. This is: "=D4&"" (D4 is just an example of a cell - I do
this to every cells). I insert new columns and paste this formula in
there and then I copy and paste the values to the cells where they
should be. Once I do this the vlookup formula starts to work and
retrieve the values that I want but I loose the format of the cells - I
have columns which I need to be formated as currency with only 2 decimal
places (I get 10!), others that are percentile, and so on. Is there an
easy way to paste the data in spreadsheet B and immediately the
formulas in spreadheet A reterieve the values I want and with the
format I want? Thanks in advance.


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