Formula Table Trouble...

ubiqman · Apr 12th, 2002, 11:38 AM

I need some help with the VLOOKUP. I have created a table in Colunm A & B like this..

F8ZZ16054AA YR3316044AA
F8ZZ16055AA 1R3316045AA
YR3Z16055AA 2R3316F001AB
1W1Z16138AA 2W138A297AA
F4ZZ16707A 1R3316774AA
XR3Z9B081BA XR339A179AD
2C3Z16K007AA 3C3416K007AB

My formula in D1 looks like this.. =VLOOKUP(C1, A1:B7,2) With my input being C1...Problem is when I input the first # and the second # I get the b5 output..not the b1..? When in use A3...i get B7... what am I doing wrong..?

Steve Hartman · Apr 12th, 2002, 11:44 AM

The column you are looking in , A in your case, must be in ascending order or you will get erretic results. Try sorting you table and see if that helps.

Big Blue · Apr 12th, 2002, 12:40 PM

If I might suggest, no need to sort column A if you add a range lookup of FALSE. This will return first exact match even if column A unsorted.
to add FALSE in your formula, after the 2 add ",false" (without the quotes).

Steve Hartman · Apr 12th, 2002, 12:48 PM

Neat. I'ld never noticed that in the help file before.

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Apr 12th, 2002, 11:38 AM	#1
ubiqman New Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Detroit Posts: 31	I need some help with the VLOOKUP. I have created a table in Colunm A & B like this.. F8ZZ16054AA YR3316044AA F8ZZ16055AA 1R3316045AA YR3Z16055AA 2R3316F001AB 1W1Z16138AA 2W138A297AA F4ZZ16707A 1R3316774AA XR3Z9B081BA XR339A179AD 2C3Z16K007AA 3C3416K007AB My formula in D1 looks like this.. =VLOOKUP(C1, A1:B7,2) With my input being C1...Problem is when I input the first # and the second # I get the b5 output..not the b1..? When in use A3...i get B7... what am I doing wrong..?

Apr 12th, 2002, 11:44 AM	#2
Steve Hartman Board Regular Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Houston,Texas Posts: 418	The column you are looking in , A in your case, must be in ascending order or you will get erretic results. Try sorting you table and see if that helps.

Apr 12th, 2002, 12:40 PM	#3
Big Blue Board Regular Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Ontario Posts: 52	If I might suggest, no need to sort column A if you add a range lookup of FALSE. This will return first exact match even if column A unsorted. to add FALSE in your formula, after the 2 add ",false" (without the quotes).

Apr 12th, 2002, 12:48 PM	#4
Steve Hartman Board Regular Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Houston,Texas Posts: 418	Neat. I'ld never noticed that in the help file before.