Hi John, It will work in version 2003 if you refer the cell reference to part of the column range instead of referring it to the whole column.
=LOOKUP(2,FIND(A1,Sheet2!A1:A65535),Sheet2!B1:B65535) See the attached file for detail. ----------------------- Ms.Exl.Learner ----------------------- On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 12:59 AM, John A. Smith <johnasmit...@gmail.com>wrote: > Dave, > > Why am I getting #NUM! with the formula? (See Attached) > > Thank you. > > John > > On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Dave Bonallack < > davebonall...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> I would like to submit the following formula as one I like. >> It performs a case-sensitive Vlookup, and is non-array. >> >> *=LOOKUP(2,FIND(A1,Sheet2!A:A),Sheet2!B:B)* >> >> A1 contains the lookup value >> Sheet2!A:A is the lookup column >> Sheet2!B:B is the return column >> >> I hasten to add that this formula is not my own, but is a very neat >> solution to a common problem. >> >> Regards - Dave. >> >> -- >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Some important links for excel users: >> 1. Follow us on TWITTER for tips tricks and links : >> http://twitter.com/exceldailytip >> 2. Join our LinkedIN group @ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1871310 >> 3. Excel tutorials at http://www.excel-macros.blogspot.com >> 4. Learn VBA Macros at http://www.quickvba.blogspot.com >> 5. Excel Tips and Tricks at http://exceldailytip.blogspot.com >> >> To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com >> >> <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> >> Like our page on facebook , Just follow below link >> http://www.facebook.com/discussexcel >> > > -- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Some important links for excel users: > 1. Follow us on TWITTER for tips tricks and links : > http://twitter.com/exceldailytip > 2. Join our LinkedIN group @ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1871310 > 3. Excel tutorials at http://www.excel-macros.blogspot.com > 4. Learn VBA Macros at http://www.quickvba.blogspot.com > 5. Excel Tips and Tricks at http://exceldailytip.blogspot.com > > To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com > > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> > Like our page on facebook , Just follow below link > http://www.facebook.com/discussexcel > -- -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some important links for excel users: 1. Follow us on TWITTER for tips tricks and links : http://twitter.com/exceldailytip 2. Join our LinkedIN group @ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1871310 3. Excel tutorials at http://www.excel-macros.blogspot.com 4. Learn VBA Macros at http://www.quickvba.blogspot.com 5. Excel Tips and Tricks at http://exceldailytip.blogspot.com To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Like our page on facebook , Just follow below link http://www.facebook.com/discussexcel
Daves Lookup Formula-1-Revision.xls
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