VLOOKUP returning a BOOL

[KnAsTa]

is it possible for VLOOKUP to return a boolean value, say:
IF the value exists in the column you are "VLlooking up" then it will return true. This would then aid in using it within an IF statement. So Iff value exists, then do this, if it doesnt, then do something else....

this is my code so far
=VLOOKUP(A5,week1.xls!$A$1:$A$10,1,0)

any help would be much appreciated. Thanx a lot.

 

[Aladin Akyurek]

On 2002-04-12 03:32, KnAsTa wrote:
is it possible for VLOOKUP to return a boolean value, say:
IF the value exists in the column you are "VLlooking up" then it will return true. This would then aid in using it within an IF statement. So Iff value exists, then do this, if it doesnt, then do something else....

this is my code so far
=VLOOKUP(A5,week1.xls!$A$1:$A$10,1,0)

any help would be much appreciated. Thanx a lot. /board/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif

Better use MATCH for that option like in:

=ISNUMBER(MATCH(E1,G1:G10,0))

 

[KnAsTa]

hrm.........could you please elaborate on the MATCH statement, and ISNUMBER statement. I do not understand. Sorry

 

[Aladin Akyurek]

On 2002-04-12 03:53, KnAsTa wrote:
hrm.........could you please elaborate on the MATCH statement, and ISNUMBER statement. I do not understand. Sorry

MATCH returns a row or column number if it succeeds to find a value that matches its lookup value, otherwise #N/A.

=ISNUMBER(7) returns TRUE

=ISNUMBER(#N/A) returns FALSE.

 

[KnAsTa]

thanks a lot, that really helped. Cheers