> Thank you so much. All I needed to do was add "true" as the range look up,
> and it works perfectly!
> --
> hmz
> NYC
> "T. Valko" wrote:
>> You haven't provided enough info to make a suggest.
>> The way you have the formula written is why it's doing what it's doing.
>> VLOOKUP(10.06%,A1:D2,4)
>> You've left out the [range_lookup] argument so it defaults to TRUE which
>> means if there isn't an exact match of the lookup_value then the formula
>> matches the closest value that is less than the lookup_value. So:
>> Lookup 10.06
>> 10.00
>> 10.10
>> There is no exact match of 10.06 and 10.00 is the closest match that is
>> less
>> than 10.06.
>> So, what do you want to happen when there isn't an exact match?
>> --
>> Biff
>> Microsoft Excel MVP
>> "hmz" <h...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:1F5966A0-0B15-4DF4-BC6F-E05575B1F573@microsoft.com...
>> >I have a simple question, hopefullly.
>> > I am new to the vlook up. I did a simple table:
>> > Reference celll: 10.06%
>> > A B C D
>> > 10.00%
>> > 10.10%
>> > my formula is this: ==(VLOOKUP(10.06%,A1:D2,4))
>> > I want my answer to deliver the result "28600." However, the formula is
>> > rounding the 10.06% down to 10% and delivering a result of "2860" In
>> > other
>> > words, anything above 10% is the next row.
>> > Can someone tell me how to fix this rounding problem?
>> > Thanks so much in advance.
>> > --
>> > hmz
>> > NY, NY
>> .