Using VLookup and typing in values to be "looked up"

[Guest]

I am trying to select a value from a worksheet corresponding to the value I
am typing in on another worksheet. Eg I type in a product number and it
selects the description for that product from another worksheet. I use

=VLOOKUP(C2,$A$2:$B$10249,2,FALSE)
where C2 in wksheet 1 = the value in column A in the range A2:B10249 in
wksheet2 and the product description is in column 2 of that range.

When I type in the value at C2, it returns #N/A. When I copy and paste the
value from column A in A2:B10249 it returns the correct description in column
2. The cell formatting seems to be correct.

 

[Bob Phillips]

Sounds like you are typing it in incorrectly. Maybe you are adding a space
somewhere.

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HTH

RP
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[Anne Troy]

Perhaps you need to clear the formatting of C2. Edit-->Clear-->All.
Otherwise, perhaps C2 is seen as text and not as a number. See Data isn't
recognized...
http://www.officearticles.com/excel/data_cleanup_tips_for_microsoft_excel.htm

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