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Old 08-18-2005, 04:55 PM
maryfield48 maryfield48 is offline
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Default Re: Tough Excel Question

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And you have to sort the data by that column, I believe.

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For a real vlookup, this is true. Which is why it is often preferable to use Index(DataColumn, Match(LookupValue, KeyColumn,0),false) instead of a true vlookup. The Index and Match functions are also more flexible than vlookups.

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I'm so glad I came into this thread. I've learnt something that will be very useful.
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