Vlookup

Hello, I'm currently taking a basic college information systems course and I'm having difficulty with the VLOOKUP function. I need to calculate letter grade equivalents. I used breakpoints for the table I'm referring to. I've tried copying the range and referring to my text book for the correct forumla, but I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. What am I missing? Not sure if this matters, but the table is in a separate worksheet.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. I'm banging my head against the wall over this, but it's probably a very simple error on my part. If you need additional information, I'll do my best to provide it.

i think you need a better example than that!

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Try this in Z8

ignore last post I've deleted, you need to sort ascending column A in documentation and use this =VLOOKUP(Y8,Documentation!A8:B19,2,1)

Sort Documentation!A8:B19 by Breakpoints ascending, and in Grades!Z8 use:

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Cheers,

vlookup((Lookup_value, Table_array, Col_index_num, and Range_lookup)

table_array - the columns that you want to look at for
column index - what column do you want to show from the table_array
range_lookup - true or false ( not range )

it should look like thisin c5
=VLOOKUP(B5,$A$18:$B$20,2,FALSE)

Thank you very much vlady and Martin. Your assistance is truly appreciated.

To calculate the annual total (sum of basic membership cost and the locker fee), would I have to use the vlookup or IF function?

I tried =SUM(C5,VLOOKUP(D5,B22 _ FALSE). I'm unsure as to wether this is even the correct function to use since I'm only referring to one cell, not a column. I attempted to use the IF function by doing =SUM(C5,B22,IF(FALSE,$D$5,$D$7).

Edit: I also attempted to make B22 an absolute reference, but it won't stay for some reason.

you should probably be using sumif

Can you provide a sample?

I didn't know you had to sort assending - is that a rule to go by? How would I have known that?

use help! it is all explained there

range_lookup Optional. A logical value that specifies whether you want VLOOKUP to find an exact match or an approximate match:
If range_lookup is either TRUE or is omitted, an exact or approximate match is returned. If an exact match is not found, the next largest value that is less than lookup_value is returned.
Important If range_lookup is either TRUE or is omitted, the values in the first column of table_array must be placed in ascending sort order; otherwise, VLOOKUP might not return the correct value.