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vlookup #N/A issues - not a 'newbie'
Dominic_Joslin The A500 in my formula was just an example. Find the actual cell reference of the value that should match what is in cell D6 (the lookup_value in the VLOOKUP function). Let's say that actual reference is A235, then somewhere else type =D6=A235. If the result is FALSE, you know for sure that the two values are NOT the same.
By the way, I saw you post on Myonlinetraininghub where you asked the same question and where you received more or less the same answer.
Dominic_Joslin VLOOKUP returning an #N/A error means that it did NOT find a match. Are you sure that the numbers 333 are the same in both lists? What do you get when you enter a formula like
=D6='[Clients.xlsb]Jobs-Orders'!$A$500
where A500 in the Clients file also contains the 333 you are trying to match. Change that reference to the one that really contains 333. Do your get TRUE or FALSE?
If FALSE, then both "numbers" are not the same. One might have been entered(imported) as text. Reformatting the cell/column to Number or General will not automatically transform a text from, for instance " 333 " (note the leading/trailing spaces) to a number 333.
Assuming the value in the table is a number
- Hi Donald. I have just tried the formula with 0 instead of False as the [Range_Lookup], but it hasn't fixed it IE still #N/A.
