I have created a VLookUp table that looks at Column A in one workbook,
compares it to another column in the LookUp table and if the values are the
same, it returns a value from one of the other columns - Column D - the third
column in the LookUp.

The actual LookUp works fine and where there are identical matches, it
returns the correct value. However, even when the values in the LookUp table
and the other workbook do not match, it returns a figure and I don't know
why. I don't know where the figure has come from and how Excel has arrived
at it?

Does anybody have any ideas how this has happened?

THank you.

Louise

Louise,

It is doing a lookup on the value below. If you add ,FALSE at the end
(=VLOOKUP(val, table, 2,FALSE), it will do an exact match, and return #N/A
if it doesn't match.

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HTH

RP
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"Louise" wrote in message
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I have created a VLookUp table that looks at Column A in one workbook,
compares it to another column in the LookUp table and if the values are
the
same, it returns a value from one of the other columns - Column D - the
third
column in the LookUp.

The actual LookUp works fine and where there are identical matches, it
returns the correct value. However, even when the values in the LookUp
table
and the other workbook do not match, it returns a figure and I don't know
why. I don't know where the figure has come from and how Excel has
arrived
at it?

Does anybody have any ideas how this has happened?

THank you.

Louise

By default Louise Vlookup gives an approximate match, i.e. if it cant find
exact match it gives what it thinks is nearest. To overcome this, at the end
of the Vlookup formula, and within the brackets type ",false" without the
inverted commas.

I.e. Vlookup(mynumber, Column A, 3,false)

Hope that helps

Happy Christmas

Philip


"Louise" wrote in message
...
I have created a VLookUp table that looks at Column A in one workbook,
compares it to another column in the LookUp table and if the values are
the
same, it returns a value from one of the other columns - Column D - the
third
column in the LookUp.

The actual LookUp works fine and where there are identical matches, it
returns the correct value. However, even when the values in the LookUp
table
and the other workbook do not match, it returns a figure and I don't know
why. I don't know where the figure has come from and how Excel has
arrived
at it?

Does anybody have any ideas how this has happened?

THank you.

Louise

I forgot about that!!! Thank you very much.

HAVE A LOVELY CHRISTMAS

Louise.

"Philip Reece-Heal" wrote:

By default Louise Vlookup gives an approximate match, i.e. if it cant find
exact match it gives what it thinks is nearest. To overcome this, at the end
of the Vlookup formula, and within the brackets type ",false" without the
inverted commas.

I.e. Vlookup(mynumber, Column A, 3,false)

Hope that helps

Happy Christmas

Philip


"Louise" wrote in message
...
I have created a VLookUp table that looks at Column A in one workbook,
compares it to another column in the LookUp table and if the values are
the
same, it returns a value from one of the other columns - Column D - the
third
column in the LookUp.

The actual LookUp works fine and where there are identical matches, it
returns the correct value. However, even when the values in the LookUp
table
and the other workbook do not match, it returns a figure and I don't know
why. I don't know where the figure has come from and how Excel has
arrived
at it?

Does anybody have any ideas how this has happened?

THank you.

Louise

VLOOKUP can have a zero or a one at the end - if you have a one it will look
for the closest match so may return values even if there are no matches. If
you use a zero it will only return a value if there is an exact match. eg.

VLOOKUP(A1,D1:E6,1,0)

J