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    VLOOKUP returns #N/A, EXACT returns TRUE

    Not actually vlookup but index/match...same difference.

    I have this index/match formula, click and drag down...most items return the result I'm looking for, but some come back with #N/A. The number it is returning is the result of a SUMIF formula. I've tried ROUND(xx,2), but still nothing. When I copy and paste as value, the index/match formula returns a good result.

    Any thoughts as to why it works SOMETIMES only?

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    Re: VLOOKUP returns #N/A, EXACT returns TRUE

    let seen that file

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    Re: VLOOKUP returns #N/A, EXACT returns TRUE

    Thanks for the help
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    Re: VLOOKUP returns #N/A, EXACT returns TRUE

    It's a floating decimalproblem, (cant remember rhe link that explains it), but change the formula in 2, column H to this, and copy down...
    =ROUND(SUMIFS(A:A,C:C,G5),2)
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    Re: VLOOKUP returns #N/A, EXACT returns TRUE

    Thanks!

    I was only doing that with the sum range, not the result itself, leading me to think that wasn't it.

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    Re: VLOOKUP returns #N/A, EXACT returns TRUE

    Curiosity, why is it then that EXACT returns TRUE?

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    Re: VLOOKUP returns #N/A, EXACT returns TRUE

    excel can only handle a 16-digit number. It drops off all values past that amount. There are apparently some values that, while they appear to be just to 2 dec, do in fact go out to way past that

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