Number to Text problem

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I have a vlookup formula in column C that is referencing a number stored as text in column A against a table that also has numbers as text (thousands of lines)

I’ve converted my main worksheet with the formulas to text and now must go through and hit F2 and Enter (basically touch every line) to get the vlookup formula to recognize the text and return a the value in the table.

I’ve run into this before and was provided some VBA code that could address the entire row very quickly.

Any help?

Thank you,

JG

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select a blank cell and set it to the format you want the row to be in
copy the cell
select the cells to convert
Paste-special – add

They will all be converted to the new format and be numbers – no VB required

Steve

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Further to Steve’s answer, another way to compare ‘apples’ with ‘apples’ is to adjust your vlookup formula.
=Vlookup(what, where, fetch,lookup type)
If the thing you are looking up is a number stored as text, and you are matching it against a column where the numbers are ‘numbers’, use =Vlookup(what+0,where,fetch,lookup type).
If the thing you are looking up is a number stored as number, and you are matching it against a column where the numbers are stored as text, use =Vlookup(“”&what,where,fetch,lookup type).

Steve’s answer is probably best.

zeddy

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