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carl
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 Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2004 1:58 am Post subject: VLOOKUP guesses unknown names |
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I ve set up a VLOOKUP which finds data on a separate sheet. It works fine but it guesses unknown names, seemingly at random.
Any ideas welcomed.
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dfrench
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| Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2004 11:27 am Post subject: |
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Have a look at the HELP for this function ... the "sort" parameter is likely to be the source of your problem
| Quote: | | Sort order is an optional parameter that indicates whether the first column in the array is sorted in ascending order. Enter the Boolean value FALSE if the first column is not sorted in ascending order. Sorted columns can be searched much faster and the function always returns a value, even if the search value was not matched exactly, if it is between the lowest and highest value of the sorted list. In unsorted lists, the search value must be matched exactly. Otherwise the function will return this message: Error: Value Not Available. |
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carl
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| Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2004 11:32 pm Post subject: |
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that seems like the answer.
My formula =VLOOKUP(C912;.$C$16:$D$906; 2) works ok.
the last digit 2 determines whether the info comes from col 2 ie D or col 1 ie C
any other digit gives me an err: 502 : FALSE gives me #NAME?
what should I do next?
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dfrench
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| Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2004 2:29 am Post subject: |
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| the sort parameter is the 4th so =VLOOKUP(C912;C$16:$D$906; 2;1) or =VLOOKUP(C912;C$16:$D$906; 2;0) is the complete formula (true and false are translated on input for some reason) |
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