How do I return a blank for VLOOKUP instead of #N/A?

I am doing a VLOOKUP from a large table against smaller table that is missing
some of the data to look-up against. I had a formula I used years ago that
used ERROR, but of course, cannot remember how it went. Help!

=if(isna(vlookup formula),"",vlookup formula)


"ExcelBee" wrote:

> I am doing a VLOOKUP from a large table against smaller table that is missing
> some of the data to look-up against. I had a formula I used years ago that
> used ERROR, but of course, cannot remember how it went. Help!

That worked great. Thank you for the quick posting.

You don't need to use the ISERROR in a VLOOKUP formula.

That could mask another real error.

Best to use the ISNA Function

=IF(ISNA(VLOOKUP,cell,table,col_no,false)),"",VLOOKUP(cell,table,col_no,false))


Gord Dibben Excel MVP

On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 13:48:06 -0700, "ExcelBee"
<ExcelBee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I am doing a VLOOKUP from a large table against smaller table that is missing
>some of the data to look-up against. I had a formula I used years ago that
>used ERROR, but of course, cannot remember how it went. Help!

Hi Gord Dibben,
This is the formula i am getting error message if the cell 'J' is empty, and the formula is in 'L'
=VLOOKUP(J2,RATE!$A$1:C$20,IF(I2="P",2,3),FALSE)
So how to correct it.
thanks and regards
nowfal

You just repeat your initial formula but wrap it in the ISNA() function and add the "" or whatever else you want Excel to show if the ISNA() results in TRUE.

=IF(ISNA(VLOOKUP(J2,RATE!$A$1:C$20,IF(I2="P",2,3),FALSE)),"",VLOOKUP(J2,RATE!$A$1:C$20,IF(I2="P",2,3),FALSE))

Try...

=IF(J2<>"",VLOOKUP(J2,RATE!$A$1:C$20,IF(I2="P",2,3),FALSE),"")

Hope this helps!

In article <nowfal.1uncyk_1125522348.1684@excelforum-nospam.com>,
nowfal <nowfal.1uncyk_1125522348.1684@excelforum-nospam.com> wrote:

> Hi Gord Dibben,
> This is the formula i am getting error message if the cell 'J' is
> empty, and the formula is in 'L'
> =VLOOKUP(J2,RATE!$A$1:C$20,IF(I2="P",2,3),FALSE)
> So how to correct it.
> thanks and regards
> nowfal

=IF(VLOOKUP(A12,$P$12:$U$3323,5,FALSE)="Good","Good","BAD")


How can I get the ISNA in there.. while maintaining my IF output. I'd like the box to tell me if there was a match.. if not.. then tell me its bad.. while blanking out the #n/A as i'm comparing 2 sets of data against each other. Thanks!

- Amar

Hi,
that is fine working, but the next cell having a formula
=IF(I2="S",CEILING(K2*L2,0.05),IF(I2="P",ROUNDDOWN(K2*L2/0.05,0)*0.05,""))
is getting error.
Any solution?
thanks
nowfal

I tried your formula and didn't get any errors. What error are you getting?

Hi Cutter,
Thanks for you quick response, I will explain,my workbook is made for foreign currency transaction. so, the conversion on based on mainly 3 cells
I------- J ------ K --- L --- M
pur/sale--currency---------quantity------rate--------amount

as u know i made a rate table in the other sheet to get in the cell L2. In the cell M2
a formula =IF(I2="S",CEILING(K2*L2,0.05),IF(I2="P",ROUNDDOWN(K2*L2/0.05,0)*0.05,""))
is there. When J2 is empty #VALUE message is showing in M2.. So i have to some adjustment formula on M2. Like If J2 is empty M2 should be blank. I didn't get the idea. It may be a 3rd If formula. So, Any suggestion from you or anybody will be highly appreciated.
Thanks and regards
by
NOWFAL

OK. I see. When J2 is empty it affects L2.

So to take care of that adjust your formula to either this:

=IF(J2="","",IF(I2="S",CEILING(K2*L2,0.05),IF(I2="P",ROUNDDOWN(K2*L2/0.05,0)*0.05,"")))

OR this

=IF(J2<>"",IF(I2="S",CEILING(K2*L2,0.05),IF(I2="P",ROUNDDOWN(K2*L2/0.05,0)*0.05,"")),"")

These assume you want M2 to be blank if J2 is blank

Hi Cutter,
Thank you very much, the first one itself much enough . I didn't test the second one.
Keep help others, that will benefit you with unknown way. May God bless you.
thanks and regards
nowfal

You're quite welcome. Always glad to be of some help. Thanks for the feedback.

Hi Cutter,
The earlier topic was as i said worked fine, but suddenly one related problem came. What happened is the the particular cell have the formula when copying down, i think it carries something on it, and that created a #VALUE error on my SUMPRODUCT area. When I tried individually deleted the copied cell the error goes. That mean evenif that cell is blank but contains something. So thinking of the better way to be pure blank . Can I have add something on that formula that makes the cell as early as blank. For further details giving below the details of macro works to copy the cells to down.

Range("A2:AH10000").Select
Selection.Copy
Range("A3").Select
ActiveSheet.PasteSpecial Format:=3, Link:=1, DisplayAsIcon:=True, _
IconFileName:=False
Range("C2:H2,J2:K2,N2,O2:Q2,T2:V2,Y2:AA2,AD2:AF2").ClearContents
ActiveWindow.ScrollColumn = 1
Range("D2").Select
Range("L2").Select
ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = _
"=IF(ISNA((VLOOKUP(RC[-2],RATE!R1C1:R20C[-9],IF(RC[-3]=""P"",2,3),FALSE))),"""",VLOOKUP(RC[-2],RATE!R1C1:R20C[-9],IF(RC[-3]=""P"",2,3),FALSE))"

please have a look and advice me a solution.
thanks with regards
nowfal

Hi,
Another way is to find solution for , if S3,X3,AC3,AH3 is no data or blank, delete the cell by code.
select the cells if it is blank
selection clear contents
so please help me to write the additional code.
that will sort my problem.
thanks and regards
nowfal