[Tutorial] VLOOKUP questions and answers (View topic) * OpenOffice.org Community Forum - 0 views
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Summary: Check Search whole cells and uncheck Regular expressions
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"Very important: Two of the options (OpenOffice.org > Preferences on a Mac, Tools > Options on other platforms) affect several functions, including VLOOKUP. Both of these options are in the Calc > Calculate section: Search criteria = and <> must apply to whole cells - If you uncheck this option text searches in VLOOKUP can match a substring of the values in the table so in the example a search for B will find B+. You almost certainly want to enable this option so that an exact match must occur. Enabling the option also makes your VLOOKUP formulas compatible with Excel. Enable regular expressions in formulas - Unless you understand what "regular expressions" are (see Help) and unless you specifically want to use them in your spreadsheet, you will want to uncheck Enable regular expressions in formulas because this option can make VLOOKUP difficult to use. Unchecking the option also makes your VLOOKUP formulas compatible with Excel. The questions below address what happens if you enable this option. Summary: Check Search whole cells and uncheck Regular expressions"