vlookup is reporting 0 when I want it to show a blank cell

[Dwade01]

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Processor: Intel Hi,

My vlookup formula is giving 0s when it encounters cells I've left blank my table. I'd like to know how I can get it to provide blank cells when it encounters blank cells.

Here's my formula string:

=VLOOKUP($C506,'Threats & Conservation Actions'!$B$3:$N$42,6,0)

Thanks!

 

[John McGhie]

The simple way might be to set the Sheet not to show 0 values. See the
Excel help topic "Control how zero values are displayed".

Otherwise, you will need an IF statement:

=IF(VLOOKUP($C506,'Threats & Conservation
Actions'!$B$3:$N$42,6,0)=0,"",VLOOKUP($C506,'Threats & Conservation
Actions'!$B$3:$N$42,6,0))

Hope this helps

=VLOOKUP($C506,'Threats & Conservation Actions'!$B$3:$N$42,6,0)

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[Dwade01]

Thanks!