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Replace #N/A or zero in VLOOKUP with blank or specified text in Excel

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Have you encountered a problem that it returns the #N/A error value or zero when you applying VLOOKUP function in Excel? Here, the Replace 0 or #N/A with Blank or a Specified Value utility of Kutools for Excel can help you to replace the zero or #N/A error with empty or a specified value by creating a formula in Excel.

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Replace the zero or #N/A error value with empty

Replace the zero or #N/A error value with specified value


How to apply the Replace 0 or #N/A with Blank or a Specified Value utility

Applying this utility by clicking Kutools > Super LOOKUP > Replace 0 or #N/A with Blank or Specified Value. See screenshot:

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Replace the zero or #N/A error value with empty

To replace the zero or #N/A error values returned by VLOOKUP function with blank, you can do as below steps:

1. Click Kutools > Super LOOKUP > Replace 0 or #N/A with Blank or Specified Value.

2. In the pop-out dialog, please specify the settings as below:

1) In the Lookup values and Output range section, specify the lookup value cells and the output range separately;

2) Check Replace 0 or #N/A error value with empty option;

3) In the Data range section, select the data range including headers or excluding as you need, and in the Key column drop-down list, choose the column that the lookup values are in, then in the Return column drop-down list, choose the column that you want to return the matched value from.
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3. Click OK or Apply, then all matched values are returned, if there are no matched values, it returns blank.
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Replace the zero or #N/A error with specified value

If you want to replace the zero or #N/A error values returned by VLOOKUP function with a specified value, please do as these:

1. Click Kutools > Super LOOKUP > Replace 0 or #N/A with Blank or Specified Value.

2. In the pop-out dialog, please specify the settings as below:

1) In the Lookup values and Output range section, specify the lookup value cells and the output range separately;

2) Check Replace 0 or #N/A error value with a specified value option, then type the text you want to replace the zero or #N/A error value with in the below textbox;

3) In the Data range section, select the data range including headers or excluding as you need, and in the Key column drop-down list, choose the column that the lookup value in, then in the Return column drop-down list, choose the column that you want to return the matched value.
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3. Click OK or Apply, then all matched values are returned, if there are no matched values, it returns the specified text.
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Tip:

If you use this utility at the first time, you can click Example button shot vlookup replace na 8 in the Replace 0 or #N/A with Blank or Specified Value dialog to display a sample sheet for understanding how to use this utility.
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Demo: Replace 0 or #N/A with Blank or Specified Value

 
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