My vlookup fonction fell in a black hole after the november 23rd 2009.
What would you reckon?
My vlookup fonction fell in a black hole after the november 23rd 2009.
What would you reckon?
Last edited by Sibrulotte; 11-25-2009 at 05:45 PM.
These are not "real" date entries..they are text strings.
Select column of "dates" and go to Data|Text to Columns.
Then skip to the 3rd window and select Date and select MDY from the drop down in the column data format area.
Click Finish.
Repeat for date column in other sheet.
Where there is a will there are many ways.
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Ah crap.
Why was it working for the past 3 months though?
I'm exporting the dates from Access dayly, and I wanted as little manipulation as possible...
thx though.
An alternative is to replace your formula with:
=INDEX(Sheet2!$C$1:$C$22,MATCH(B2+0,Sheet2!$B$1:$B$22+0))
and confirm it with CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER not just ENTER so you will see { } brackets appear around the formula
Then copy it down.
Maybe even
=INDEX(Sheet2!$C$1:$C$22,MATCH(TRUE,(INDEX((Sheet2!$B$1:$B$22+0>=B2+0),0)),0)-1)
without special confirmation.. just ENTER
that's awkwrd, it says the formula is incorrect and highlights the $C$22,MATCH part of both attemps at your 2 formulas.
Also, I tried replacing the comas with semicomas to seperate the expressions.
And i get a #n/a for the second formula, and a # value for the first one.
Last edited by Sibrulotte; 11-25-2009 at 04:01 PM. Reason: attached the file after formula input
Still giving problems? Using formula 2...see attached...
Formula 1, you need to Confirme with CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER keys at once.
thank you.
your forumulas work, but as soon as I press F2 to get in the formula,
the # N/A value comes back.
I'M GINXED!
Are you sure you are not accidentally deleting or changing part of the formula?
Absolutly.
pressing F2, then enter. gives me a # N/A value![]()
For me it was the opposite when I opened your workbook in Post #7 above...
It was #N/A, I press F2 and enter, and formula is okay...
Not sure maybe something in the version translation...
Can you try entering yourself:
=INDEX(Sheet2!$C$1:$C$22;MATCH(B2+0;Sheet2!$B$1:$B$22+0))
and then hold the CTRL and SHIFT keys down and press ENTER...
Then copy down.
Does that work at all?
I sat down, rewrote the formula, and CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER.
I get a #VALUE!
I'll try the other formula.
I get the #N/A
you can give me credit for being meticulous.
It's the same as wrtten in your file.
It must have to do with the data formatting then...
if you go to the formula in D2 and then go to Tools|Formula Auditing and click Evaluate Formula... then click Evaluate until you get to the last evaluation before the final answer... what do you see in the Evaluation box?
Give this a try:
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#Value.
the first click I get, shows rthe date properly, the second click, is where the # value shows up.
You realy don't like failure.
that works :D
No, I don't easily like to give up...
Glad that worked.
I think it was just are dates being expressed differently...
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