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Kathleen99
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Jun 06, 2021
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Vlookup referencing a cell with drop down selections

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Cell B6 provides a drop down list of locations.  I am trying to return the appropriate email address in cell G6 by using a vlookup function.  It works, inconsistently, and I'm not sure why.  I have unhidden the array table in columns J&K for reference.  Does anyone have any ideas?

  • Kathleen99 

    To force Excel to look for an exact match, specify FALSE as 4th argument to VLOOKUP:

     

    =VLOOKUP(B6,J9:K28,2,FALSE)

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  • Kathleen99 

    To force Excel to look for an exact match, specify FALSE as 4th argument to VLOOKUP:

     

    =VLOOKUP(B6,J9:K28,2,FALSE)

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      Kathleen99
      Copper Contributor
      Wow, so simple. Thank you so much, that worked perfectly!

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