Problem with VLOOKUP

[penguinspeaks]

I am having an issue when using VLOOKUP
I have a sheet that has players listed. To the left of the name, there is a number drawn that represents the team number they are drawn to. I have a lookup area that looks for each number represented. All formulas work fine with the exception of 2 of them. I have the sort set to false, as the names are based on the order that they sign up so it will not be in ascending order.

I have two sets of formulas for this. One has the first player of the team they are drawn to and the second has the second player drawn. I put a 1 next to the first drawn player and a 101 next to the second team member(I use 101 here due to the fact that 11 would represent 11), and for the rest I use 2 and 22, 3 and 33......., 11 and 1111, 12 and 1212... and so on. THe number structure that I use should not matter in the lookup, or does it?

Here is code:

=VLOOKUP(5;C$7:D$20;2;0)

this should find the number 5 and display the name in the column to the right. It does not do this, it displays #N/A
I am uploading the file to see if anyone can find my issue

Any help would be appreciated.

Bam

 

[SkipVought]

hi,

it displays #N/A

#N/A means that it cannot find the NUMBER 5 in the lookup column.

Are you absolutely certain that the value that you expect to find in the lookup range is a NUMBER 5 and not a CHARACTER 5? BIG DIFFERENCE!!!

Do you have a MIXTURE of NUMBERS and TEXT in lookup column C?

Leading or trailing SPACES in lookup column C???

Skip,
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Just traded in my old subtlety...
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[penguinspeaks]

I found the problem. My range was not large enough. Thanks for ideas to make me think