excelexcel-formulavlookupnamed-ranges

Why doesn't getting a value from a named range work, only for this specific value?


I have a named range called A2Bounds25:

Grade Percentage
A* 80
A 71
B 60
C 49
D 38
E 27

I pull the percentage from A2Bounds25:

=VLOOKUP(F74, (INDIRECT($K$3)),2)

where F74 contains the grade I want to look up, and K3 the string A2Bounds25. This works for all grades except A.

Even if I change A to any other unused letter (and update A2Bounds25 accordingly) it still refuses to pull the percentage for an A. All other grades pull the correct percentage, and I have used the same formula in each cell other than changing F74 to F75 and so on. If I replace the cell reference with "A" it still will not work.

How can I correct this?


Solution

  • Set the range lookup option to FALSE:

    =VLOOKUP(F74, (INDIRECT($K$3)),2,FALSE)