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In this example, the goal is to set up VLOOKUP to retrieve costs based on a variable vendor name. In other words, we want a formula that allows us to switch tables dynamically based on a user-supplied value. There are two cost tables in the worksheet, one for Vendor A and one for Vendor B. Both...Read more

Introduction

A key limitation of VLOOKUP is it can only look up values to the right. In other words, the column with lookup values must be to the left of the values you want to retrieve with VLOOKUP. As a result, with standard...Read more

At a high level, we use VLOOKUP to extract employee information in 4 columns with ID as the lookup value:

=VLOOKUP($I$4,Table1,MATCH(H5,Table1[#Headers],0),0)

• The ID value comes from cell I4, and is locked so that it won't change as
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This is a basic example of VLOOKUP in "exact match" mode. The lookup value is B6, the table is the range B5:C7, the column is 2, and the last argument, FALSE, forces VLOOKUP to do an exact match. (Read why this is necessary here).

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The IFERROR function is designed to trap errors and perform an alternate action when an error is detected. The VLOOKUP function will throw an #N/A error when a value isn't found.

By nesting multiple VLOOKUPs inside the IFERROR function, the formula allows for sequential lookups. If the...Read more

This formula uses the value in cell E5 for a lookup value, the named range "key" (H5:I9) for the lookup table, 2 to indicate "2nd column", and 0 as the last argument indicate exact match. You can also use FALSE instead of zero if you like.

VLOOKUP simply...Read more

In this example, the goal is to create a lookup formula with a variable sheet name. In other words, a formula that uses a sheet name typed into a cell to construct a reference to a range on that sheet. If the sheet name is changed, the reference should update automatically. The key to the...Read more

This formula relies on a table with columns for both the full state name and the 2-letter abbreviation. Because we are using VLOOKUP, the full name must be in the first column. For simplicity, the table has been named "states".

VLOOKUP is configured to get the lookup value from column C...Read more

This formula uses the value in cell F7 for a lookup value, the range B6:C10 for the lookup table, the number 2 to indicate "2nd column", and zero as the last argument to force an exact match.

Although in this case we are mapping text values to numeric outputs, the same formula can...Read more

This formula is composed of two lookups for the same client. The first lookup finds the onsite rate for the client in column B and multiplies the result by the number of hours in column C:

=VLOOKUP(B5,rates,2,0)*C5

The second lookup finds...Read more

In this example, the goal is to map the numbers 1-6 to the arbitrary values seen in the table below. For example:

• If the input is 1, the output should be 10
• If the input is 2, the output should be 81
• If the input is 3, the output should be 17
• If the
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The general goal is to return the first text value in a range. Specifically, we have dates in column B and some city names in column C. We want a formula to find the first city listed in the range C5:C16. Because some cells in C5:C16 are empty, and some contain zeros, we need to ignore...Read more

In this example, we have a simple set of data in B5:D16 that includes ID, Name, and Points. The goal is to generate a custom message for any name in the list by entering a valid ID in cell G5. The message uses the name from column C and the points in column D like this:

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The goal is to look up the Title, Author, and Year in the list of books as shown using a formula based on a partial match and a wildcard. The text string to search for is entered in cell G4. All data is in an Excel Table named data in the range B5:D16. This problem can be easily solved with the...Read more

The formula in this example converts amounts in USD to other currencies using currency codes and a simple lookup table. The available currencies and exact conversion rates can be adjusted by editing the values in the table on the right. The core of this formula is the VLOOKUP function,...Read more

In the example shown, the table in B4:C13 contains quantity-based discounts. As the quantity increases, the discount also increases. The table in E4:F10 shows the discount returned by XLOOKUP for several random quantities. XLOOKUP is configured to use the quantity in column E to find the...Read more

The goal of this example is to look up the correct astrological or zodiac sign for a given birthdate, using the table shown in B5:F15. These are based on the Western zodiac signs described here. Zodiac signs are used in horoscopes,...Read more

In the example shown, cell G4 contains the lookup value, "Berlin". XLOOKUP is configured to find this value in the table, and return the population. The formula in G5 is:

=XLOOKUP(G4,B5:B18,D5:D18) // get population

• The
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In this example, the goal is to create a due date based on category, where each category has a different number of days allocated to complete a given task, issue, project, etc. The amount of time available to resolve each category is shown in column H, and categories is the...Read more