Dave, I opened it in Excel 2007 and it worked fine. One question please; in =LOOKUP(2,FIND(A1,Sheet2!A:A),Sheet2!B:B) , What exactly does the "2" do?
Thank you for your excel help. John On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 2:16 AM, Dave Bonallack <davebonall...@hotmail.com>wrote: > Hi John, > I opened your file, but don't get a #NUM error. I get '98' as expected. I > tried it in XL 2007 and 2003. > Regards - Dave. > > ------------------------------ > Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 14:28:41 -0500 > Subject: Re: $$Excel-Macros$$ Formula > From: johnasmit...@gmail.com > To: excel-macros@googlegroups.com > > > Dave, > > Why am I getting #NUM! with the formula? (See Attached) > > Thank you. > > John > > On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Dave Bonallack < > davebonall...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > I would like to submit the following formula as one I like. > It performs a case-sensitive Vlookup, and is non-array. > > *=LOOKUP(2,FIND(A1,Sheet2!A:A),Sheet2!B:B)* > > A1 contains the lookup value > Sheet2!A:A is the lookup column > Sheet2!B:B is the return column > > I hasten to add that this formula is not my own, but is a very neat > solution to a common problem. > > Regards - Dave. > > -- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Some important links for excel users: > 1. Follow us on TWITTER for tips tricks and links : > http://twitter.com/exceldailytip > 2. Join our LinkedIN group @ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1871310 > 3. Excel tutorials at http://www.excel-macros.blogspot.com > 4. Learn VBA Macros at http://www.quickvba.blogspot.com > 5. Excel Tips and Tricks at http://exceldailytip.blogspot.com > > To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com > > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> > Like our page on facebook , Just follow below link > http://www.facebook.com/discussexcel > > > > -- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Some important links for excel users: > 1. Follow us on TWITTER for tips tricks and links : > http://twitter.com/exceldailytip > 2. Join our LinkedIN group @ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1871310 > 3. Excel tutorials at http://www.excel-macros.blogspot.com > 4. Learn VBA Macros at http://www.quickvba.blogspot.com > 5. Excel Tips and Tricks at http://exceldailytip.blogspot.com > > To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com > > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> > Like our page on facebook , Just follow below link > http://www.facebook.com/discussexcel > > -- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Some important links for excel users: > 1. Follow us on TWITTER for tips tricks and links : > http://twitter.com/exceldailytip > 2. Join our LinkedIN group @ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1871310 > 3. Excel tutorials at http://www.excel-macros.blogspot.com > 4. Learn VBA Macros at http://www.quickvba.blogspot.com > 5. Excel Tips and Tricks at http://exceldailytip.blogspot.com > > To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com > > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> > Like our page on facebook , Just follow below link > http://www.facebook.com/discussexcel > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some important links for excel users: 1. Follow us on TWITTER for tips tricks and links : http://twitter.com/exceldailytip 2. Join our LinkedIN group @ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1871310 3. Excel tutorials at http://www.excel-macros.blogspot.com 4. Learn VBA Macros at http://www.quickvba.blogspot.com 5. Excel Tips and Tricks at http://exceldailytip.blogspot.com To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Like our page on facebook , Just follow below link http://www.facebook.com/discussexcel
