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Vlookup not working, Tools n Price sheet
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- HansVogelaarMay 15, 2023MVP
Thank you.
VLOOKUP always searches the first column of the lookup range.
The first column of the range named tools is column A, but the description you're looking for is in column B.
This will work:
=VLOOKUP(H2,$B$2:$E$56,4,FALSE)
The column index is now 4 instead of 5 since we start counting from column B.
- HMB1992May 15, 2023Copper ContributorJust to confirm, so what I'm looking for should always be the first column of the table inside the Vlookup formula, correct ?
- HansVogelaarMay 15, 2023MVP
Yes, that is correct.
An alternative would be a combination of INDEX and MATCH, or if you have Microsoft 365/Office 2021, the new function XLOOKUP