In the next column, the MID function extracts one character at each position.We know there are 7 characters in cell A2, so I listed the numbers 1-7 on a worksheet.The next step is to figure out what those extra characters are. There was no change, so the extra characters are NOT normal space characters. Then, I checked the length of the trimmed string.In cell D16, I used TRIM on the value in A2.The TRIM function will remove leading, trailing, and duplicate spaces.
There are 7 characters in A2, and only 5 characters in cell D2 Using the LEN function, I checked the length of the string in each cell. The screen show below shows the results of that test, for the values in A2 and D2.īoth cells contain text, not real numbers, so a Number/Text issue isn’t causing the errors in this workbook.Īnother common cause for VLOOKUP errors is extra characters in one of the cells – usually extra space characters. To test the numbers in the sample file, I used the ISTEXT and ISNUMBER functions. See the details for that type of Number/Text problem on my website. Usually, this type of VLOOKUP error occurs when one value is a real number, and the other is text number. Stop reading here, if you don’t want to see how I fixed the VLOOKUP formula error. WARNING – The troubleshooting steps for the VLOOKUP formula mystery start in the next section. The sample file also has a sheet that shows my troubleshooting steps, and another sheet shows my formula that fixes the problem.If you’re not sure where to start looking for the problem, there are VLOOKUP troubleshooting tips on my site.If you love an Excel challenge, click here to download the sample file, and see if you can fix the problem – it’s a tricky one! Instead of returning the product name, “Blue shirt”, the result is #N/A. However, there’s a VLOOKUP formula error in cell E2. The formula in cell D5 says that the blue cell (A2) and the green cell (D2) are equal. To show you the problem, here’s a screenshot of the lookup table, and the VLOOKUP formula. Can you solve this VLOOKUP formula error mystery? The product numbers looked the same, but Excel didn’t match them in the lookup. Someone sent me a workbook in which a simple VLOOKUP formula was returning #N/A errors, instead of the correct results.
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