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I am trying to lookup certain criteria in a spreadsheet and return a certain result. i used just a lookup formula which didn't seem to work 100%. this sheet is about 15000 line items. should i use a vlookup instead?
I am trying to lookup certain criteria in a spreadsheet and return a certain result. i used just a lookup formula which didn't seem to work 100%. this sheet is about 15000 line items. should i use a vlookup instead?
Unless your lookup range is sorted in ascending order, it is probably advisable to use Vlookup with a FALSE 4th argurment. This looks for an exact match only...
Read the Lookup and Vlookup details in Excel help for more...
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so i tried a vlookup and i get na as a result. here is the columns involved....lookupvalue is in column b, table array is a5:al15000, col.index # 35(AI). so this is what i entered for the formula.
=VLOOKUP(A3,'[Cable Daily Progress CWP FIXED.xls]Electrical'!$A:$AL,35,0) and it is returning #na. any idea what i have done wrong?
Is the item in A3 exactly found in column A of the other workbook?
If they are numbers you are trying to match, they both must be same format.
If they are text, look for extra spaces, mispelling, etc..
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