Nest vlookup within large function

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Mike S - 06 Nov 2006 19:59 GMT

MAX(VLOOKUP(A8,Sheet1!B2:E12,4,FALSE),VLOOKUP(A8,Sheet1!B2:E12,3,FALSE))

this works fine, but when I try to enter (ctl+shift+enter) the same formula
using the large function, I get an error

LARGE((VLOOKUP(A8,Sheet1!B2:E12,4,FALSE),VLOOKUP(A8,Sheet1!B2:E12,3,FALSE)),1)

Can vlookup not be nested within large? There is no particular reason I
wanted to use LARGE, I wanted to try it and cannot make it work.

Thanks for your help

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Dave F - 06 Nov 2006 20:11 GMT

Why would you hit CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER to use this formula?

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> MAX(VLOOKUP(A8,Sheet1!B2:E12,4,FALSE),VLOOKUP(A8,Sheet1!B2:E12,3,FALSE))
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> Thanks for your help

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Dave F - 06 Nov 2006 20:12 GMT

According to this, http://j-walk.com/ss/excel/usertips/tip025.htm , LARGE is
not an array function.

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> MAX(VLOOKUP(A8,Sheet1!B2:E12,4,FALSE),VLOOKUP(A8,Sheet1!B2:E12,3,FALSE))
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> Thanks for your help

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daddylonglegs - 06 Nov 2006 20:13 GMT

LARGE expects a range or array as the first argument - you could use this
formula

=LARGE(VLOOKUP(A8,Sheet1!B2:E12,{3,4},0),1)

confirmed with CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER

> MAX(VLOOKUP(A8,Sheet1!B2:E12,4,FALSE),VLOOKUP(A8,Sheet1!B2:E12,3,FALSE))
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> Thanks for your help

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