The VLOOKUP function in Microsoft Excel literally means vertical lookup. It’s a search function for querying values in the cell of a column. This function searches for the data relative to the entries ...

The XLOOKUP or VLOOKUP choice is tied to scenario, as most needs are fixed lookups, letting you save time with the simpler ...

Comparing two columns in Excel doesn’t have to be a difficult task, and to get the job done, we suggest using VLOOKUP. You see, not always; the columns you want to compare are in the same workbook or ...

The VLOOKUP function in Excel is an incredibly powerful and versatile tool for data retrieval and analysis. It allows you to efficiently search for a specific value in one column of a table and return ...

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 ...

In addition to listing data, you can also use Excel to manipulate data. For example, you can compute sales, determine inventory or calculate nearly anything. However, rather than manually entering a ...

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Duplicates in the same column are easy to find by sorting or filtering. Duplicates that span multiple columns require a bit of setup, but the solution's not difficult to implement. Finding duplicate ...

As a long-term Excel enthusiast, I have always enjoyed using VLOOKUP, one of Excel's best-known lookup functions. However, ...