Getting closer, but the FIND pulls in an earlier lookup decode that simply
contains the searched for item. For example, if one of my lookup values is
"F", your solution returns the column B for "CFD" - I assume since it finds
the "F" in "CFD" before it gets to the "F" entry (the lookup decode list is
in alphabetical order). hmm...tricky.

Any more suggestions?

Thanks!

"Peo Sjoblom" wrote:

> One way (albeit replacing vlookup with another formula)
>
> Assume the vlookup would look like this
>
> =VLOOKUP(A1,C2:D50,2,0)
>
> to lookup a case sensitive string from A1 in column C and return the values
> from D would be
>
> =INDEX(D2:D50,MATCH(1,--ISNUMBER(FIND(A1,C2:C50)),0))
>
> entered with ctrl + shift & enter
>
>
>
> --
>
> Regards,
>
> Peo Sjoblom
>
>
>
> "Dan in NY" <DaninNY@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:EEBE086B-0A0B-4A4B-8FFC-B78BAABE606F@microsoft.com...
> > I'm using vlookup for translating a code into a decode value. The codes
> are
> > in both lowercase and uppercase, unfortunately with the same values (e.g.,
> > cnv and CNV represent 2 different things). Anyone know how to make
> vlookup
> > case sensitive? Or is there another fancy excel function that can provide
> > the equivalent functionality?
> >
> > Thanks!
>
>
>