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I am trying to create a vlookup based on a column that itself has a formula--I needed to use the LEFT function. Is that what is causing my vlookup results to return an N/A? Attached
Simple Vlookup Not Working
I am trying to create a vlookup based on a column that itself has a formula--I needed to use the LEFT function. Is that what is causing my vlookup results to return an N/A? Attached
Nope. The issue is one is text and the other is a number. You need to make sure that they are the same type of data.
Last edited by alansidman; 08-26-2021 at 02:18 PM.
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In I2
=--LEFT(E2,4)
Converts to numeric value
in J2
=VLOOKUP(I2,$M$1:$N$11,2,TRUE)
That did it! Thank you so much . I am sorry I omitted the instructions on the desired outcome but not only could you easily see what I was trying to do, you kindly responded. Much appreciated!!!
Last edited by Alewis06; 08-26-2021 at 02:29 PM.
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