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Old Apr 7th, 2002, 01:44 PM   #1
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I have this =VLOOKUP(B17,$A$40:$B$49,2,FALSE) in my sheet. cell b17 has "=a43".(I'm assuming this is the problem) It gives me the error #N/A. how can I format the b17 cell reference in vlookup so it will see it as a cell reference and not text.
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Old Apr 7th, 2002, 01:56 PM   #2
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I have this =VLOOKUP(B17,$A$40:$B$49,2,FALSE) in my sheet. cell b17 has "=a43".(I'm assuming this is the problem) It gives me the error #N/A. how can I format the b17 cell reference in vlookup so it will see it as a cell reference and not text.
I presume that B17 houses the formula

=A43

If so, What houses A43?

Moreover, is this A43 in the same sheet as your lookup table $A$40:$B$49?
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Old Apr 7th, 2002, 01:56 PM   #3
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You probably want to put the value to be looked up in B17.

Go to B17 and enter an amount to be looked up. If you enter something that is recorded in the same way as the information in A43:A49, the formula will give the information in the adjacent column (B).

If you try to lookup something that is not in your lookup range, you will get the message #N/A.
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Old Apr 7th, 2002, 02:03 PM   #4
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Maybe you want to try this

=OFFSET(INDIRECT(B17),,1)

will return the adjacent cell to the
right of cell address A43

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Old Apr 7th, 2002, 03:13 PM   #5
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cell a43 contains text "chaintech excel"
I want vlookup to look in cell b17 which has "=a43" then return the data in cell b43
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Old Apr 7th, 2002, 03:29 PM   #6
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cell a43 contains text "chaintech excel"
I want vlookup to look in cell b17 which has "=a43" then return the data in cell b43
You don't mean that B17 has "=a43" literally including the double quotes, do you?

If so, why is that?
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Old Apr 7th, 2002, 03:31 PM   #7
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If you have "=a43" in b17 your value will be a43.....If you want the text from a43 to be the value in b17 use =a43 without the "" around your formula.....



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Old Apr 7th, 2002, 03:52 PM   #8
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no, the entry in b17 does not have quotes
b17 contains =a43
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I already gave you the solution, you cannot use vlookup..

=OFFSET(INDIRECT(B17),,1)

will return what's in B43 if B17 contains a43

why don't you try it?

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On 2002-04-07 14:52, gumby wrote:
no, the entry in b17 does not have quotes
b17 contains =a43
Now, please answer: In which sheet (sheetname) is your

=VLOOKUP(B17,$A$40:$B$49,2,FALSE)

B17

A43

and

B43?
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