The month of May in a vlookup table

[davidam]

Hello All,
I am using a vLookup table that includes the 12 months in 3 letter format in one column and then the corresponding Month number is the next column. It works fine except for the month of May.
'May' does not appear on any reserved word list. I have a combo box that draws from the column in the vlookup table and I can rectify the problem by adding a space at the end of the word.
I would really like to know what is going on here if anyone knows.
Thanks,
David

 

[NickFru]

Hi David, if you are just looking up on 3 letter month only, in this case May, then you might want to try the TRIM function within VLOOKUP which will fix any space issues that the lookup cell of May might have;

=VLOOKUP(TRIM(May), Range, 1 (Assuming The 3 Letter Months Are In First Column), FALSE.

 

[davidam]

Hi Nick,
Thank you for this, it is a very good suggestion. However, I just found that I had made an error with declaring the variable type. In typical VB fashion it worked for every other month but just didn't know what to do with the month of May. I think I will be using the TRIM function going forward though. Thanks again for your reply. This is what keeps this site as valuable as it is.
David

 

[NickFru]

Ah no problem at all David, glad to try and help if I can.

 

[Scott Huish]

Are you just trying to get the month number from the 3 letter month name? This can be done without a lookup table.

Book2
	K	L
1	Jan	1
2	Feb	2
3	Mar	3
4	Apr	4
5	May	5
6	Jun	6
7	Jul	7
8	Aug	8
9	Sep	9
10	Oct	10
11	Nov	11
12	Dec	12
Sheet1

Cell Formulas
Range	Formula
L1:L12	L1	=MONTH(--(K1&" 1, 2001"))

 

[smozgur]

I think I will be using the TRIM function going forward though. Thanks again for your reply. This is what keeps this site as valuable as it is.

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