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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000905148-01-501511
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	497J
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20011114

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MUNIYIELD FUND INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000879361
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	 []
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NJ
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		497J
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-65242
		FILM NUMBER:		1791249

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		800 SCUDDERS MILL RD
		CITY:			PLAINSBORO
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			08543-9011
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6092822800

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		PO BOX 9011
		STREET 2:		C/O MERRILL LYNCH ASSET MANAGEMENT
		CITY:			PRINCETON
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			08543-9011
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<TEXT>
                                                     November 14, 2001


Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, D.C. 20549

Attention: Division of Investment Management

         Re:  MuniYield Fund, Inc.
         Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the
         Registration Statement on Form N-14
         (Securities Act File No. 333-65242 and
         Investment Company Act File No. 811-06435)
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Ladies and Gentlemen:

         Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "1933 Act"), MuniYield Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") hereby certifies that:

(1)      the form of prospectus that would have been filed pursuant to Rule
         497(b) under the 1933 Act would not have differed from that contained
         in Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Fund's Registration Statement
         on Form N-14; and

(2)      the text of Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Fund's Registration
         Statement on Form N-14 was filed electronically with the Securities
         and Exchange Commission on September 14, 2001.


                                            Very truly yours,

                                            MuniYield Fund, Inc.

                                            By: /s/ Alice A. Pellegrino
                                                ------------------------
                                                 Alice A. Pellegrino
                                                 Secretary

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