VLOOKUP and Zipcodes with ZEROS

[Utradeshow]

Hi all,

I am Using a zip program to find nearest zip code. Then I use a VLOOKUP to populate cells. I have to convert the result of the zip code program to work with the VLOOKUP. I tried using VALUE function which works on zips with the full 5 digits and doesn't work with the ZERO leading Zipcodes. Then the TEXT function works with the "ZERO" zips and not the regular zip codes???? Any Suggestions?

 

[Sufiyan97]

Can you post some rows of sample data.

 

[Utradeshow]

Copy of Rad One Delivery List with Agent (TEST2).xlsm
	G	H	I	J	K	L
6	19446	07004	17552	7004	61	#N/A
7	19446	07004	17552	19446	18	Hughes Relocation
1000 locations

Cell Formulas
Range	Formula
G6:G7	G6	=CDXClosestZip(E6,0,'Preferred Agents'!A$2:A$107)
H6:H7	H6	=CDXClosestZip(E6,4,'Preferred Agents'!A$2:A$107)
I6:I7	I6	=CDXClosestZip(E6,8,'Preferred Agents'!A$2:A$107)
J6	J6	=VALUE(TRIM(H6))
K6:K7	K6	=CDXDistance(E6,J6)
L6	L6	=VLOOKUP(J6,'Preferred Agents'!A:C,3,FALSE)
J7	J7	=VALUE(TRIM(G7))
L7	L7	=IFERROR(VLOOKUP(J7,'Preferred Agents'!A:C,3,FALSE),"")

 

[Joe4]

VLOOKUP requires that the values you match on be the same data type (you can compare "Text to Text" or "Numbers to Numbers", but never "Numbers to Text").
So "Numbers entered as Text" will be problematic if trying to compare to real "Numbers".

Changing the entries to numbers (values) will drop the leading zeroes.
Make/keep everything text, and it should keep leading zeroes, and everything should work.

 

[Joe4]

Copy of Rad One Delivery List with Agent (TEST2).xlsm
	G	H	I	J	K	L
6	19446	07004	17552	7004	61	#N/A
7	19446	07004	17552	19446	18	Hughes Relocation
1000 locations

Cell Formulas
Range	Formula
G6:G7	G6	=CDXClosestZip(E6,0,'Preferred Agents'!A$2:A$107)
H6:H7	H6	=CDXClosestZip(E6,4,'Preferred Agents'!A$2:A$107)
I6:I7	I6	=CDXClosestZip(E6,8,'Preferred Agents'!A$2:A$107)
J6	J6	=VALUE(TRIM(H6))
K6:K7	K6	=CDXDistance(E6,J6)
L6	L6	=VLOOKUP(J6,'Preferred Agents'!A:C,3,FALSE)
J7	J7	=VALUE(TRIM(G7))
L7	L7	=IFERROR(VLOOKUP(J7,'Preferred Agents'!A:C,3,FALSE),"")

Column J appears to be your problem, where you are converting the entries to numbers.

Can you show us some data from column A of your "Preferred Agents" sheet?
Be sure to show some Zip Codes that start with 0, and others that don't.

 

[Utradeshow]

Copy of Rad One Delivery List with Agent (TEST2).xlsm
	G	H	I	J	K	L
6	19446	07004	17552	07004	61	TTI Fairfield
7	19446	07004	17552	19446	18	#N/A
1000 locations

Cell Formulas
Range	Formula
G6:G7	G6	=CDXClosestZip(E6,0,'Preferred Agents'!A$2:A$107)
H6:H7	H6	=CDXClosestZip(E6,4,'Preferred Agents'!A$2:A$107)
I6:I7	I6	=CDXClosestZip(E6,8,'Preferred Agents'!A$2:A$107)
J6	J6	=TEXT(H6,"00000")
K6:K7	K6	=CDXDistance(E6,J6)
L6:L7	L6	=VLOOKUP(J6,'Preferred Agents'!A:C,3,FALSE)
J7	J7	=TEXT(G7,"00000")

 

[Utradeshow]

Copy of Rad One Delivery List with Agent (TEST2).xlsm
	A	B
32	48507	DTW
33	79925	ELP
34	07004	EWR
35	49548	GRR
Preferred Agents

From the Preferred Agent sheet

 

[Joe4]

Are your values in column A numbers with a Custom Zip code format, or are they entered as Text?

If you are unsure, there are a few days to tell.
1. Go to cell A34, and look at the number format on the cell (right-click on cell, go to Format Cells, go to the Number tab, see what option is selected). What is it?
2. Enter these formulas in any blank cells and tell us what they return:

=ISNUMBER(A34)
=ISNUMBER(A35)

 

[Utradeshow]

ISNUMBER (A34) returned FALSE

 

[Joe4]

What about ISNUMBER(A35)?