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#VALUE! error when trying to add cells (VLOOKUP)
I am trying to add cells that have been filled with the VLOOKUP function.
=SUM(F6+I6+L6+O6+R6+T6) Those cells have a value from a VLOOKUP function =IF(ISNA(VLOOKUP(Q6,Points!$K$5:$L$28,2))," ",VLOOKUP(Q6,Points!$K$5:$L$28,2)) If there is nothing in one of the cells I get the #VALUE! error (it works if there is a number there). What am I doing wrong? |
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#VALUE! error when trying to add cells (VLOOKUP)
Sandy try replacing " " with a zero in your VLOOKUP formula and see what
happens then "sandy" wrote: I am trying to add cells that have been filled with the VLOOKUP function. =SUM(F6+I6+L6+O6+R6+T6) Those cells have a value from a VLOOKUP function =IF(ISNA(VLOOKUP(Q6,Points!$K$5:$L$28,2))," ",VLOOKUP(Q6,Points!$K$5:$L$28,2)) If there is nothing in one of the cells I get the #VALUE! error (it works if there is a number there). What am I doing wrong? |
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#VALUE! error when trying to add cells (VLOOKUP)
Apart from what you are doing to get the #VALUE! error, which others will
hopefully address, the other thing you have done wrong is to use the SUM function but not told it what you want to add to F6+I6+L6+O6+R6+T6. You haven't given it a second argument to the SUM function, so it isn't doing anything useful for you. You may wish to look at Excel help for the SUM function if you don't know what it is trying to do. You may have intended either =F6+I6+L6+O6+R6+T6 or =SUM(F6,I6,L6,O6,R6,T6) You will probably prefer the latter, as it ignores text entries such as the " " string which you have requested from your IF function. -- David Biddulph "sandy" wrote in message ... I am trying to add cells that have been filled with the VLOOKUP function. =SUM(F6+I6+L6+O6+R6+T6) Those cells have a value from a VLOOKUP function =IF(ISNA(VLOOKUP(Q6,Points!$K$5:$L$28,2))," ",VLOOKUP(Q6,Points!$K$5:$L$28,2)) If there is nothing in one of the cells I get the #VALUE! error (it works if there is a number there). What am I doing wrong? |
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#VALUE! error when trying to add cells (VLOOKUP)
sandy;247089 Wrote: I am trying to add cells that have been filled with the VLOOKUP function. =SUM(F6+I6+L6+O6+R6+T6) Those cells have a value from a VLOOKUP function =IF(ISNA(VLOOKUP(Q6,Points!$K$5:$L$28,2))," ",VLOOKUP(Q6,Points!$K$5:$L$28,2)) If there is nothing in one of the cells I get the #VALUE! error (it works if there is a number there). What am I doing wrong? And to lighten the burden on the calculations try =IF(countif(points!$k$5:$k$28,Q6),VLOOKUP(Q6,Point s!$K$5:$L$28,2),"") -- Pecoflyer Cheers - *'Membership is free' (http://www.thecodecage.com)* & allows file upload -faster and better answers *Adding your XL version* to your post helps finding solution faster ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pecoflyer's Profile: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/member.php?userid=14 View this thread: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/sh...ad.php?t=68952 |
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#VALUE! error when trying to add cells (VLOOKUP)
Thanks to everyone for your help.
Pecoflyer, When I used your formula instead of mine I got the same results. Is it better to use COUNTIF vs. ISNA ? "Pecoflyer" wrote: sandy;247089 Wrote: I am trying to add cells that have been filled with the VLOOKUP function. =SUM(F6+I6+L6+O6+R6+T6) Those cells have a value from a VLOOKUP function =IF(ISNA(VLOOKUP(Q6,Points!$K$5:$L$28,2))," ",VLOOKUP(Q6,Points!$K$5:$L$28,2)) If there is nothing in one of the cells I get the #VALUE! error (it works if there is a number there). What am I doing wrong? And to lighten the burden on the calculations try =IF(countif(points!$k$5:$k$28,Q6),VLOOKUP(Q6,Point s!$K$5:$L$28,2),"") -- Pecoflyer Cheers - *'Membership is free' (http://www.thecodecage.com)* & allows file upload -faster and better answers *Adding your XL version* to your post helps finding solution faster ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pecoflyer's Profile: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/member.php?userid=14 View this thread: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/sh...ad.php?t=68952 |
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#VALUE! error when trying to add cells (VLOOKUP)
Hi,
Try this =IF(ISERROR(VLOOKUP(Q6,Points!$K$5:$L$28,2,0))," ",VLOOKUP(Q6,Points!$K$5:$L$28,2,0)) -- Regards, Ashish Mathur Microsoft Excel MVP www.ashishmathur.com "sandy" wrote in message ... I am trying to add cells that have been filled with the VLOOKUP function. =SUM(F6+I6+L6+O6+R6+T6) Those cells have a value from a VLOOKUP function =IF(ISNA(VLOOKUP(Q6,Points!$K$5:$L$28,2))," ",VLOOKUP(Q6,Points!$K$5:$L$28,2)) If there is nothing in one of the cells I get the #VALUE! error (it works if there is a number there). What am I doing wrong? |
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#VALUE! error when trying to add cells (VLOOKUP)
sandy;247981 Wrote: Thanks to everyone for your help. Pecoflyer, When I used your formula instead of mine I got the same results. Is it better to use COUNTIF vs. ISNA ? "Pecoflyer" wrote: sandy;247089 Wrote: I am trying to add cells that have been filled with the VLOOKUP function. =SUM(F6+I6+L6+O6+R6+T6) Those cells have a value from a VLOOKUP function =IF(ISNA(VLOOKUP(Q6,Points!$K$5:$L$28,2))," ",VLOOKUP(Q6,Points!$K$5:$L$28,2)) If there is nothing in one of the cells I get the #VALUE! error (it works if there is a number there). What am I doing wrong? And to lighten the burden on the calculations try =IF(countif(points!$k$5:$k$28,Q6),VLOOKUP(Q6,Point s!$K$5:$L$28,2),"") -- Pecoflyer Cheers - *'Membership is free' (http://www.thecodecage.com)* & allows file upload -faster and better answers *Adding your XL version* to your post helps finding solution faster ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pecoflyer's Profile: 'The Code Cage Forums - View Profile: Pecoflyer' (http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/me...pecoflyer.html) View this thread: '#VALUE! error when trying to add cells (VLOOKUP) - The Code Cage Forums' (http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/sh...ad.php?t=68952) Well in this case there are two evaluations first Vlookup, which can be heavy on calculations then ISNA which evaluates the results Countif only evaluates once and only returns TRUE or FALSE So, if you have lots of Vlookups, Countif will be faster If you don't, I think it doesn't matter -- Pecoflyer Cheers - *'Membership is free' (http://www.thecodecage.com)* & allows file upload -faster and better answers *Adding your XL version* to your post helps finding solution faster ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pecoflyer's Profile: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/member.php?userid=14 View this thread: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/sh...ad.php?t=68952 |
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#VALUE! error when trying to add cells (VLOOKUP)
I would use the =vlookup() or =match().
I figure that =countif() has to look at each cell in the range to see if it should be included in the count. If there's a match, then =vlookup() will quit as soon as it finds one. But I've never done any extensive testing. sandy wrote: Thanks to everyone for your help. Pecoflyer, When I used your formula instead of mine I got the same results. Is it better to use COUNTIF vs. ISNA ? "Pecoflyer" wrote: sandy;247089 Wrote: I am trying to add cells that have been filled with the VLOOKUP function. =SUM(F6+I6+L6+O6+R6+T6) Those cells have a value from a VLOOKUP function =IF(ISNA(VLOOKUP(Q6,Points!$K$5:$L$28,2))," ",VLOOKUP(Q6,Points!$K$5:$L$28,2)) If there is nothing in one of the cells I get the #VALUE! error (it works if there is a number there). What am I doing wrong? And to lighten the burden on the calculations try =IF(countif(points!$k$5:$k$28,Q6),VLOOKUP(Q6,Point s!$K$5:$L$28,2),"") -- Pecoflyer Cheers - *'Membership is free' (http://www.thecodecage.com)* & allows file upload -faster and better answers *Adding your XL version* to your post helps finding solution faster ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pecoflyer's Profile: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/member.php?userid=14 View this thread: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/sh...ad.php?t=68952 -- Dave Peterson |
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#VALUE! error when trying to add cells (VLOOKUP)
Another difference...
=countif() treats numbers and text the same: =countif(a:a,1) and =countif(a:a,"1") will be the same. =vlookup() and =match() will distinguish between a text 1 and a number 1 (="1" and =1) Dave Peterson wrote: I would use the =vlookup() or =match(). I figure that =countif() has to look at each cell in the range to see if it should be included in the count. If there's a match, then =vlookup() will quit as soon as it finds one. But I've never done any extensive testing. sandy wrote: Thanks to everyone for your help. Pecoflyer, When I used your formula instead of mine I got the same results. Is it better to use COUNTIF vs. ISNA ? "Pecoflyer" wrote: sandy;247089 Wrote: I am trying to add cells that have been filled with the VLOOKUP function. =SUM(F6+I6+L6+O6+R6+T6) Those cells have a value from a VLOOKUP function =IF(ISNA(VLOOKUP(Q6,Points!$K$5:$L$28,2))," ",VLOOKUP(Q6,Points!$K$5:$L$28,2)) If there is nothing in one of the cells I get the #VALUE! error (it works if there is a number there). What am I doing wrong? And to lighten the burden on the calculations try =IF(countif(points!$k$5:$k$28,Q6),VLOOKUP(Q6,Point s!$K$5:$L$28,2),"") -- Pecoflyer Cheers - *'Membership is free' (http://www.thecodecage.com)* & allows file upload -faster and better answers *Adding your XL version* to your post helps finding solution faster ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pecoflyer's Profile: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/member.php?userid=14 View this thread: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/sh...ad.php?t=68952 -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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