vlookup text and value combined

[samsnee]

I'm having issues trying to get a vlookup to function properly.

The lookup value I am using is a combination of a cells that are both text and numerical value. The range I am looking in is only values. So even though the lookup value appears to look the same in the range, because of the formatting, it is returning nothing. When I try to do a value formula to the lookup range so it formats the same, it gives me an error.

Any ideas?

 

[Aladin Akyurek]

Care to state the ranges involved and the formula you tried along with what result the formula returns?

 

[CWatts]

I can't suggest anything specific without an idea of what your data looks like, but you could try something like this:

<b>Sheet1</b><br /><br /><table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-family:Arial,Arial; font-size:10pt; background-color:#ffffff; padding-left:2pt; padding-right:2pt; "> <colgroup><col style="font-weight:bold; width:30px; " /><col style="width:58px;" /><col style="width:33px;" /><col style="width:24px;" /><col style="width:49px;" /><col style="width:33px;" /></colgroup><tr style="background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; font-size:8pt; "><td > </td><td >A</td><td >B</td><td >C</td><td >D</td><td >E</td></tr><tr style="height:17px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >1</td><td style="text-align:center; ">A348912</td><td style="text-align:center; ">Stuff</td><td > </td><td style="text-align:center; ">348912</td><td style="text-align:center; ">Stuff</td></tr><tr style="height:17px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >2</td><td style="text-align:center; ">A522422</td><td > </td><td > </td><td > </td><td > </td></tr><tr style="height:17px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >3</td><td style="text-align:center; ">D431013</td><td > </td><td > </td><td > </td><td > </td></tr><tr style="height:17px ;" ><td style="font-size:8pt; background-color:#cacaca; text-align:center; " >4</td><td style="text-align:center; ">E234123</td><td > </td><td > </td><td > </td><td > </td></tr></table><br /><table style="font-family:Arial; font-size:10pt; border-style: groove ;border-color:#00ff00;background-color:#fffcf9; color:#000000; "><tr><td ><b>Spreadsheet Formulas</b></td></tr><tr><td ><table border = "1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" style="font-family:Arial; font-size:9pt;"><tr style="background-color:#cacaca; font-size:10pt;"><td >Cell</td><td >Formula</td></tr><tr><td >B1</td><td >=VLOOKUP(RIGHT<span style=' color:008000; '>(A1,6)</span>*1,D1:E4,2,FALSE)</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

 

[samsnee]

It's hard to understand the issue visually since I think it is a formatting issue.

If I do a text formula for the below digits

1234-56789-1011 so it looks like text(cell,"xxxx-xxxxx-xxxx") and then use that exact same formula on another cell with the same digits, but the format is it is a value, shouldn't it also convert it to text so those two cells are exactly identical?

 

[samsnee]

Nevermind...I'm an idiot...figured it out.