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    merging vlookup and ABS

    Hello,
    I'm using a vlookup formula and want it to return an absolute value, but I can't seem to get the formula right. any ideas???

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    Re: merging vlookup and ABS

    Try wrapping the VLOOKUP in ABS, something like this

    =ABS(VLOOKUP(A1,B2:C3,2,0))

    clearly the VLOOKUP must return a number
    Audere est facere

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