excel - VLOOKUP with Alphnumeric codes Failing even though they are equal. -
What am I trying to do, search for alphanumeric serial numbers in a range of data in another sheet I'm using VLOOKUP for However, it does not seem that this is a match when I know for a fact that there exists and that they are formatted in the same way. The values I am working with look like this: FTX1724R3W2 I have run a = A1 = B2 function and it gives TRUE. I have copied and pasted each other to make sure that the formatting is the same, yet it still gives the #n / a goes wrong even by using matches I'm not sure What's happening, do I need to format alphanumeric code specifically so that they are "searchable"? I am using VLUUP ... = VLOOKUP (L2489, inventory_list! $ A $ 1: $ D $ 2176, 1, wrong ) My ultimate goal is to get it in another sheet and give value to the first indexed column, which is the name of the object object any help Would be appreciated. Thank you. VLOOKUP () searches for the first column of the indicated range, to effec...