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WishIWerentAN00b
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Aug 18, 2022
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IF & Vlookup funtion: =IF(VLOOKUP(D2,Data_Directory!$A$24:$A$429,1, FALSE)=D2, "OLD", "NEW")

Hey guys,    I am trying to say if we can find the value "D2" in the data directory sheet in the rows A24 through A429 then the output value should be "OLD", if we cannot find the value "D2" in the...
  • Harun24HR's avatar
    Aug 18, 2022

    WishIWerentAN00b When vlookup will not find any matching value then it will return error. So, formula output will be error. Try to wrap vlookup formula by IFERROR function like

    =IF(IFERROR(VLOOKUP(D2,Data_Directory!$A$24:$A$429,1, FALSE),"")=D2, "OLD", "NEW")

    Better use MATCH function like

    =IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH(D2,Data_Directory!$A$24:$A$429,0)), "OLD", "NEW")

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