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StuartValueTyre
Copper Contributor
Oct 18, 2019

Match Formula not working

Hi

    I have a problem when open a spreadsheet that should contain the following formula

 

=MATCH(F284&E284,$'Mailman''s Route'.A$1:$'Mailman''s Route'.A$500&$'Mailman''s Route'.B$1:$'Mailman''s Route'.B$500,0)

 

I get =MATCH(F284&E284,'Mailman''s Route'!A$1:A$500&'Mailman''s Route'!B$1:B$500,0)

and it gives me #value result 

I have attempted to edit the formula in the spread sheet the formula will not "enter"

and I get "The there is a problem with this Formula" pop up

Can some nice person help

 

Stuart

 

PS The reference  ,$'Mailman"s Route' is of course Sheet2 in the work book

 

 

 

 

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Formulas and Functions

3 Replies

  • Subodh_Tiwari_sktneer's avatar
    Subodh_Tiwari_sktneer
    Silver Contributor
    Oct 18, 2019

    StuartValueTyre 

    Someone has rightly said...

    "Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young."

    So congratulations mate, you are still young. 🙂

     

    You may try the following Regular Formula which doesn't require confirmation with Ctrl+Shift+Enter.

     

    =MATCH(F284&E284,INDEX('Mailman''s Route'!A$1:A$500&'Mailman''s Route'!B$1:B$500,),0)

  • Haytham Amairah's avatar
    Haytham Amairah
    Silver Contributor
    Oct 18, 2019

    StuartValueTyre

     

    Hi,

     

    Please let us know what you're trying to do, and provide a sample of the data.

    Anyway, the second formula is an array formula that needs Ctrl+Shift+Enter to return the value, not only Enter.

     

    Regards