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How do I prevent VLOOKUP from breaking after I add a column to a named range?

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Mar 15, 202621644 views
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My Excel worksheet contains a lot of VLOOKUPs on a named range that I have defined. Now, when I added a column in the middle of my named range, the VLOOKUPs that reference columns after the inserted column are now broken. I understand the problem, but what is the best way to fix? Is there a way to …

Error Output

INDEX(MyTableData, MATCH("RowLabel", RowList, 0), MATCH("ColumnLabel", ColumnList,0))

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Personally, I prefer using an combo for lookups instead of . Here's an example off the Pokedex I was compiling for my niece. To get Squirtle's Hidden Ability, I'd use this formula: This yields the same result as: One good thing about INDEX-MATCH is …

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