Dear All, I need help on the following issues : OpenOffice.org Version 2.1 from the Help menu.
1. B17 contains text "Pbs" and Brokerage_??? are two 3x3 vlookup tables, cells D17 and E17 contains numbers, the product of which is looked up in one of the two tables and a value returned. Cell B17 will contain a text string of 3 letters. First 2. =(IF(B17="Pbs";"Brokerage_Pbs";"Brokerage_Mlk")) returns Brokerage_Pbs and 3. =VLOOKUP(D17*E17;Brokerage_Pbs;3) returns 12 Then why does : 4. =VLOOKUP(D17*E17;(IF(B17="Pbs";"Brokerage_Pbs";"Brokerage_Mlk"));3) return Err:504 (error in parameter list) Second 5. =CONCATENATE("Brokerage";"_";B17) returns Brokerage_Pbs But 6. =VLOOKUP((D17*E17);CONCATENATE("Brokerage";"_";B17);3) returns Err:504 Third 7. =(VLOOKUP((D17*E17);'Brokerage_Pbs';3)) returns Err:502 (Error : Invalid argument) But 8. =(VLOOKUP((D17*E17);Brokerage_Pbs;3)) returns 12 Yet formula no. 7 has been working in older versions of openoffice and also works in another sheet. In Writer, autocorrection is very helpful but in calc, autocorrection should be turned off by default as the automatic captilisation of first character, changing the first character after the " ' " or ' " ', or inserting single ticks unnecessarily. Thank you for your help regards tirath ____________________________________________________________________________________ Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=monopolyherenow --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]