Your formula worked ok for me.

I suspect a typo error or maybe you're getting an #n/a because there is no
match.

You may want to provide more details.

choice wrote:
>
> i have vlookup(a1,indirect(b1),2,0
> the value in b1 however is a range in another open workbook
> [data.xls]setup!a1:b1000
>
> i cant seem to get it to work, any ideas?
>
> thanks in advance

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Dave Peterson