Hmmmm....
Weird stuff. If I use the Lookup wizard, everything works fine. But if
I type in the formula, it doesn't and I get a #N/A error.
How weird is that? The formula in the two cells are EXACTLY the same
execept one was done using the wizard.
Thanks for the help Dave.
That link did help me out with my text/number problems.
> Lookup values are Text, and the table contains Numbers
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> The double unary (--) converts text to a number, and will work
> correctly even if the lookup values are numbers.
The problem I have however, is that It supposes I should convert the
lookup value in the match formula to either text or number all the
time. Since I can sometimes have letters (i.e. A,K,Q, etc.) and
sometimes have numbers, this fix simply inverses the problem.
By doing what is suggested, now all my number only cards work but not
the text ones.
Thanks for helping, any other ways that I can do this?
-Jeff

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Dave Peterson - 18 Dec 2005 00:20 GMT
If you format your headers (both row and column) as Text and reenter the numeric
values, then you could make sure you're always using text when you do the match:
=match(a5&"", .....
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I'd guess that there was at least on difference.
You may want to enter the formula (twice), then edit the formula to remove the
leading equal sign (just making it text). It might make it easier to see the
difference.
Or just post both of them in your reply.
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