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via135 - 15 Jun 2006 20:39 GMT

hi!

what's wrong with the formula which throws #value error?

the formula is in Sheet1

C1; =VLOOKUP(OR(RIGHT(A1,6),MID(A1,6,6)),sheet2!$A$1:$C$8,3,FALSE)

the contents of A1:B9 in sheet1 is

01000055001>>>>>10775159011
01000060003>>>>>10775159022
01000060004>>>>>10775159033
01000060007>>>>>10775159044
01000060011>>>>>10775159055
0100006001600>>>10775159066
0100006002000>>>10775159077
0100006002001>>>10775159088
0100006001602>>>10775159099

the contents of A1:C8 in sheet2 is

055001>>john>>>    80620840697
060003>>abraham>80620840700
060004>>joseph>>    80620840711
060005>>walker>>    80620840722
060007>>nancy>>    80620840733
060011>>peter>>>80620840744
060016>>willy>>>>80620840777
060020    mabel    80620840788

any hlp pl?!

-via135

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Barb Reinhardt - 15 Jun 2006 20:52 GMT

Try
=VLOOKUP(RIGHT(A1,6),sheet2!$A$1:$C$8,3,FALSE)
or
=VLOOKUP(MID(A1,6,6),sheet2!$A$1:$C$8,3,FALSE)

> hi!
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bj - 15 Jun 2006 20:55 GMT

not a hundred percent sure but feel the OR() will not work as the lookup
value in the vlookup
try just

=VLOOKUP(MID(A1,6,6),sheet2!$A$1:$C$8,3,FALSE)
additionally
is column A in sheet 2 text or numbers
one way to verify is to just use the following equation
=mid(sheet1!A1,6,6)=sheet2!A1
if the answer is not "true" the sheet 2 value may be a number formated to
show the initial 0.

> hi!
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