Using IF and VLOOKUP together

[vinedancer]

I have a workbook where the first sheet has dates in the heading and the data for those columns is on another sheet. I want to combine an If statement to pick up the date, then lookup the items (say Food purchases) and return either column 2, 3 or 4 depending on the date heading.

Not sure of the exact syntax but tried all sorts to get the IF and VLOOKUP to work together.

=IF($J$5='P&L25.9 '!$C$4,"vlookup,'2023'!A6,'P&L25.9 '!$a$6:$Z$60,4",0)

This statement isn't working.

Thanks :)

[#2]

@vinedancer This syntax should work, though I can't test it if returns the desired result.

=IF($J$5='P&L25.9 '!$C$4,VLOOKUP('2023'!A6,'P&L25.9 '!$A$6:$Z$60,4,0),"-")

It performs the VLOOKUP when the criteria is met or "-" if it is not)

[#3]

OMG you're a genius! Thank you, it worked :)