The VLOOKUP function is one of the most useful when pulling information from an Excel database. Here's how it works and how you can start using it in your work.
The VLOOKUP function is a very popular function when dealing with large Excel directories or databases. It allows the user to quickly find targeted information about a specific entry without needing to look through the entire spreadsheet.
Understanding the VLOOKUP pathingThe VLOOKUP function is divided into four different “arguments,” or values input into your function. These define exactly where VLOOKUP will pull information from, so while you start the function with the basic =VLOOKUP, the four arguments that you put in those parentheses will be doing all the work.
Note that the second argument should always start with the first column in the database or range. This is also why VLOOKUP won’t work well with horizontally oriented lists, but that’s rare in spreadsheets.VLOOKUP now knows the full range of the database or table where it’s looking for information, but it needs a little more help. Now you need to select the column where the return value is located – aka the specific entry that you want when typing in your lookup value.
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