Vlookup <> returning #N/A on less than array values but greater than array values?

[davidryoung]

I am using this formula on sheet 1:
=IF(B8="","",IF(VLOOKUP(B8,D8S1179,2)<>B8,K33,IF(VLOOKUP(B8,D8S1179,2)>K33,VLOOKUP(B8,D8S1179,2),K33)))

with this array defined as D8S1179 on sheet 2
8 0.01627 0.00482 0.00559
9 0.01356 0.00482 0.00698
10 0.10398 0.02733 0.0824
11 0.08499 0.03859 0.03771
12 0.14557 0.13183 0.13687
13 0.33363 0.20579 0.32402
14 0.18535 0.32154 0.26117
15 0.09042 0.18006 0.1243
16 0.02351 0.07074 0.01816
17 0.00271 0.00965 0.00279
18 0 0.00322 0
19 0 0.00161 0

when i enter values into B8 on sheet 1 greater than or equal to the first column it pulls the correct values, but when I enter values that are less than the first column it returns #N/A. Can someone explain why?

 

[davidryoung]

never mind figured it out:
=IF(B8="","",IF(ISNA(VLOOKUP(B8,D8S1179,2,FALSE)),K33,IF(VLOOKUP(B8,D8S1179,2)>K33,VLOOKUP(B8,D8S1179,2),K33)))

 

[Aladin Akyurek]

never mind figured it out:
=IF(B8="","",IF(ISNA(VLOOKUP(B8,D8S1179,2,FALSE)),K33,IF(VLOOKUP(B8,D8S1179,2)>K33,VLOOKUP(B8,D8S1179,2),K33)))

What do you have in B8 and K33?

 

[davidryoung]

B8 is a variable value that "should" be in column 1 of the array D8S1179, but there could be values outside the array range that get entered into B8. This is a small part of a statistics generator that is pulling in frequencies depending on the values entered into a table (this table includes B8).
K33 is a set minimum frequency that gets pulled in when the value returned from the array is less than K33.

 

[Aladin Akyurek]

B8 is a variable value that "should" be in column 1 of the array D8S1179, but there could be values outside the array range that get entered into B8. This is a small part of a statistics generator that is pulling in frequencies depending on the values entered into a table (this table includes B8).
K33 is a set minimum frequency that gets pulled in when the value returned from the array is less than K33.

Try...

=IF(B8="","",
   IF(B8 < INDEX(D8S1179,1,1),K33,
    IF(VLOOKUP(B8,D8S1179,2,1)>K33,VLOOKUP(B8,D8S1179,2,1),K33)))