Combining lists - V Look Up - need help

[realestateexcel]

Hi,

Thank You in advance for reading this and the help. I am not an expert in excel. I am sure this is an easy formula but I can not get it to work. I have two list that I am trying to combine. I would like the formula to search the list to the left and return the phone number for the matching addresses. If there is no matching address NA is fine. This is wha tI am using and its not working. <style type="text/css">p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'}span.s1 {color: #0057d6}span.s2 {color: #006107}</style>
=VLOOKUP(L3,B$3:C$13,2,0)


[TABLE="width: 762"]
<colgroup><col><col><col><col span="2"><col><col></colgroup><tbody>[TR]
[TD]ADDRESS[/TD]
[TD]PHONE[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Phone Numbers[/TD]
[TD]Address[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]10012 BERTEAU AVE[/TD]
[TD]3122966829[/TD]
[TD]Cell Phone[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]#N/A[/TD]
[TD]1000 W 20th Pl [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1003 W 19TH ST[/TD]
[TD]3123304823[/TD]
[TD]Cell Phone[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]#N/A[/TD]
[TD]10012 Berteau Ave [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1007 W 16TH ST[/TD]
[TD]3122434984[/TD]
[TD]Landline[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]#N/A[/TD]
[TD]1002 W 20th Pl [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1009 W 19TH ST[/TD]
[TD]3125501344[/TD]
[TD]Cell Phone[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]#N/A[/TD]
[TD]1002 Wright Ave [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1009 W 20TH PL[/TD]
[TD]3129657436[/TD]
[TD]Cell Phone[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]#N/A[/TD]
[TD]1003 W 19th St [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1009 W 32ND ST[/TD]
[TD]7738431819[/TD]
[TD]Cell Phone[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]#N/A[/TD]
[TD]1003 W Cullerton St [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1014 W 20TH PL[/TD]
[TD]3123303141[/TD]
[TD]Cell Phone[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]#N/A[/TD]
[TD]10043 S Longwood Dr [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1015 W 18TH PL[/TD]
[TD]3122173190[/TD]
[TD]Cell Phone[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]#N/A[/TD]
[TD]1005 N Wolcott Ave #2 [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1015 W 31ST PL[/TD]
[TD]8479420695[/TD]
[TD]Cell Phone[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]#N/A[/TD]
[TD]1006 W 20th Pl [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1016 W 20TH PL[/TD]
[TD]3127580611[/TD]
[TD]Cell Phone[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]#N/A[/TD]
[TD]1007 W 16th St [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1016 W CULLERTON ST[/TD]
[TD]7737442170[/TD]
[TD]Cell Phone[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]#N/A[/TD]
[TD]1009 W 19th St [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]#N/A[/TD]
[TD]1009 W 20th Pl [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]#N/A[/TD]
[TD]1009 W 32nd St [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]#N/A[/TD]
[TD]1012 W 31st Pl [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]#N/A[/TD]
[TD]1012 W 31st St [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]#N/A[/TD]
[TD]1013 W 18th Pl [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]#N/A[/TD]
[TD]1013 W 18th Pl [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]#N/A[/TD]
[TD]1013 W 18th Pl [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]#N/A[/TD]
[TD]1013 W 18th Pl [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]#N/A[/TD]
[TD]1013 W 31st St [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]#N/A[/TD]
[TD]1014 W 20th Pl [/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]

 

[Joe4]

Copying your sample data and formulas, I get 7 matches returning the phone numbers, and the rest are #N/A.
If you are not getting any matches, it means that the data that you think matches really doesn't. It is important to remember that it must match EXACTLY (except upper case/lower case doesn't matter). Something as simple as an extra space at the beginning or end of one of the entries is enough to make it not match.

In your example, it appears that "10012 Berteau Ave" is in cells L4 and B3. So that should be a match. If it is not returning one for you, enter these two formulas anywhere on your sheet.
=LEN(B3)
=LEN(L4)

They should both return 17. If they both do not, they the larger one has some extra spaces in there.