There are many ways to find and retrieve data from a table or range based on a lookup value. In fact, because Microsoft often comes up with new, modernized alternatives, there are too many ways! So, ...

VLOOKUP has been the go-to function for looking up data in Excel for years, but it comes with limitations. You can only search in the leftmost column and return values to the right. If your lookup ...

Microsoft Excel's VLookup formula permits you to search large spreadsheets for specific data, one of Excel's lookup and reference functions. You can use VLookup between sheets within an Excel workbook ...

I still remember the first day I figured out how to run a vlookup command in Excel; I was sitting at my coffee table wondering what the point of this silly little command was. Once I realized its ...

VLOOKUP and Search are two functions that Excel uses to search for text. VLOOKUP finds data in a column and returns the contents of an adjacent cell. Search finds data in a cell and returns the string ...

Navigating the world of Excel can sometimes feel like trying to solve a puzzle with missing pieces. If you’ve ever found yourself wrestling with the XLOOKUP function, only to be met with a chaotic ...