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Can't get basic vlookup working for some reason on google sheets


Both lookup cells formatted at plain text, I don't think that's the issue. Searching for C186 returns 2 results proving they're correct. please see images.Sheet 1Sheet 2

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Solution

  • Use 4th parameter as exact match. Also check manually that the value matches to each other by typing =C186=Sheet2!A80 it should return TRUE if matches.

    I would recommend you to use XLOOKUP() instead of VLOOKUP() which is more versatile. Try-

    =XLOOKUP(C186,Sheet2!A:A,Sheet2!B:B,"",0)