Notes tests, text files, manipulation of text files in Excel and with Excel VBA CSV stuff

[DocAElstein]

Some notes in support of this forum main post
https://excelfox.com/forum/showthrea...ll=1#post16712


An erroring formula: https://i.postimg.cc/nzbWtGTQ/An-erroring-formula.jpg


Highlight a section, such as the Match section https://i.postimg.cc/5NxZ0pJB/Highlight-match.jpg


Hit key F9 https://i.postimg.cc/7P1FwdFP/Hit-ke...esult-is-5.jpg


This reveals that we have 5 , or in total , 5 + 1 = 6


So in the VLookUp we are looking at column 6 in the range given by bk
The names manager tells us which range we want:
Second formula section is the range bk https://i.postimg.cc/JhBFg23L/range-bk.jpg




Similarly we can investigate the first section in the erroring formula
Highlight first formula section https://i.postimg.cc/902syY7j/Highli...la-section.jpg

Hit key F9 https://i.postimg.cc/wvLStG3V/Hiut-F...st-section.jpg

This reveals that the Look up value, the value that you are looking for is "DMG1"


Further investigations by trial and error , reveals that some character combinations in cell A2 cause the error. But I do not know why yet ?

Examples:
Not work:
https://i.postimg.cc/YqbTmg2J/d-not-work.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/d0zbVYQ3/d-MG1-not-work.jpg
Works
https://i.postimg.cc/3xq6tTv1/MG1-works.jpg

In fact, it seems that some character combinations are not allowed as the Look Up value generally , for example try another cell, and I can find a character combination that does not work
https://i.postimg.cc/SK204shH/Not-wo...ters-in-A6.jpg


I am puzzled.

In fact if you look in detail at the results you are getting when it does appear to work, then they are not alwaysthe correct values.
https://postimg.cc/kBnt3Zzg


Very strange. I am even more puzzled
?????

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Update Answer from Sandy https://excelfox.com/forum/showthrea...ll=1#post16717

with formula =VLOOKUP(F$26,bk,MATCH($B$24,bkt,1)+1,0) value $1.55 is returned and so on
..just forgot comma on the end or define last argument 0, VLOOKUP(F$26,bk,MATCH($B$24,bkt,1)+1,) so he need to learn how to use VLOOKUP function
VLOOKUP require all arguments, even if last argument is omitted there should be defined place for it after last comma

https://i.postimg.cc/15VpN7Hj/ThatsIt.jpg
( I thought I had checked that, but missed something somewhere, I don’t know why I missed that, maybe I think also I need to learn how to use VLoopUp properly! )

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