using a Vlookup and IF together

[rvd48]

hi, i would like to streamline the way my IF formula works.

at the moment it is:

=IF(AND($C500="Panasonic",AND($F500>=39356,$F500<=39447)),$J500,0)

it looks at rows of data, if for instance the date the entry was added was in december 07, it would be flagged by the serial dates in the statment :$F500>=39356,$F500<=39447.
therefore each panasonic entry for the quarter would be listed in my new list with the unique bit of information i need being saved (J500)

what i now want to do is, incorporate a Vlookup here, where it simply looks up at the date column (5) so it simplifies things.

i was thinking along the lines of:

=Vlookup(=>39356:<=39447,"B3:AE3995,5,False)

i cant get this working as it returns a 'NAME#' error.

i am wondering about how to add this vlook up to the IF statment as its somwhat confusing

thanks for anyhelp

 

[unmarkedhelicopter]

You can not lookup a range i.e. =>39356:<=39447 and if your are looking for a date in column 5 (i.e. E) then the column info for the table should be 4 not 5 as it starts in B.
I'm not even sure what you are trying to do here.
I assume you want to lookup a date to use in your if statement to replace the dates ?
If so you will need 2 lookups, one for the first and one for the second.
I could well be barking up the wrong tree here as I don't know the layout of your data, what you want out of it, how you want this displayed and what inputs you want to use to achieve this.

 

[rvd48]

hi helicopter,

i am basically making quarterly pricing lists.

i have attached a sample of what i would like to do:

i have 3 entries of data.
i want to make a list of the panasonic data for Quarter 4 in 2007 for all panasonic items. basically i want to copy the panasonic entries from the above list and dump it below so i can do further analysis later on.

 

[unmarkedhelicopter]

Why not just use a filter ?
You can specify the manufacturer specify that date must be greater than or equal to 1/9/07 AND the date must be less than or equal to 31/12/07

Then you can copy this to where ever you want, reset the filter and you are good to go again.

 

[Cosmos75]

Sounds like you are trying to do a Multiple Criteria VLOOKUP.