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From: patti on 13 Mar 2010 13:55
My function:

=VLOOKUP(G7,"Asset"&F7,1,FALSE)

"Asset"&F7 is a concatenation for a named range. If i type in manually, it
works. Concatenated, it does not.

Why does this not work? Not sure how or if to use indirect or offset.
From: Mike H on 13 Mar 2010 14:06
Patti,

Try this
=VLOOKUP(G7,INDIRECT("Asset"&F7),1,FALSE)
--
Mike

When competing hypotheses are otherwise equal, adopt the hypothesis that
introduces the fewest assumptions while still sufficiently answering the
question.


"patti" wrote:

> My function:
>
> =VLOOKUP(G7,"Asset"&F7,1,FALSE)
>
> "Asset"&F7 is a concatenation for a named range. If i type in manually, it
> works. Concatenated, it does not.
>
> Why does this not work? Not sure how or if to use indirect or offset.
From: T. Valko on 13 Mar 2010 14:11
>Why does this not work?

Let's assume F7 = 2009

"Asset"&F7 = "Asset2009". When you concatenate you're creating a *TEXT*
string. Even though you may have a valid named range called Asset2009 these
are not the same thing.

INDIRECT will convert a TEXT representation of a reference into a valid
reference that can be used as function arguments.

=VLOOKUP(G7,INDIRECT("Asset"&F7),1,0)

This will not work if the named range is a dynamic range defined with
functions like OFFSET.

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"patti" <patti(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> My function:
>
> =VLOOKUP(G7,"Asset"&F7,1,FALSE)
>
> "Asset"&F7 is a concatenation for a named range. If i type in manually, it
> works. Concatenated, it does not.
>
> Why does this not work? Not sure how or if to use indirect or offset.


From: patti on 13 Mar 2010 15:05
Thanks Mike and Biff.
Zippy and educating answers.

"patti" wrote:

> My function:
>
> =VLOOKUP(G7,"Asset"&F7,1,FALSE)
>
> "Asset"&F7 is a concatenation for a named range. If i type in manually, it
> works. Concatenated, it does not.
>
> Why does this not work? Not sure how or if to use indirect or offset.
From: T. Valko on 13 Mar 2010 22:20
You're welcome. Thanks for the feedback!

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"patti" <patti(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks Mike and Biff.
> Zippy and educating answers.
>
> "patti" wrote:
>
>> My function:
>>
>> =VLOOKUP(G7,"Asset"&F7,1,FALSE)
>>
>> "Asset"&F7 is a concatenation for a named range. If i type in manually,
>> it
>> works. Concatenated, it does not.
>>
>> Why does this not work? Not sure how or if to use indirect or offset.


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