Condense ISERROR(VLOOKUP(MATCH())) to VBA function.

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Finny388 - 11 Dec 2007 21:00 GMT

I have a formula in B:B that looks like this
=IF(ISERROR(MATCH(VLOOKUP(A1,I:J,2,FALSE),'$M:$M,0)),"Not Found","")

but
the VLOOKUP is standard. it always looks up adjacent cell in I and
returns J
VLOOKUP option always FALSE
MATCH option always 0

I think a VBA function could reduce it to this

=MYFIND(A1,$M:$M)

I know to store a function in a module in personal.xls but and I don't
know how to mimick these 3 formulas.

Any help appreciated.
thanks

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ilia - 11 Dec 2007 22:13 GMT

Easiest way:

Public Function MyFind(myValue As Variant, myRange As Excel.Range) As
Variant
On Error Resume Next
With Application.WorksheetFunction
Call .Match(.VLookup(myValue, myRange.Parent.Range("$I:$J"), 2,
False), myRange, False)
End With
If Err.Number <> 0 Then
MyFind = "Not Found"
Else
MyFind = ""
End If
End Function

> I have a formula in B:B that looks like this
> =IF(ISERROR(MATCH(VLOOKUP(A1,I:J,2,FALSE),'$M:$M,0)),"Not Found","")
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> Any help appreciated.
> thanks

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ilia - 11 Dec 2007 22:14 GMT

Note, however, that this function will not update if I:J changes
(because it's not in the argument list), so you have to recalc
manually.

> Easiest way:
>
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Finny388 - 17 Dec 2007 16:53 GMT

> Note, however, that this function will not update if I:J changes
> (because it's not in the argument list), so you have to recalc
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Thanks Ilia works great

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