Tag: vlookup

How to use VLOOKUP in Excel

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Excel Vlookup is the most powerful formula in Excel. Also vlookup is one of the formulas that are least used because so many users are scared of it. In this tutorial you will learn: how to use vlookup in Excel what is the vlookup syntax how to do a vlookup between two spreadsheets why is my vlookup not working why is xlookup coming and how will it improve vlookup If you know vlookup and pivot tables you will find the most value out of Excel. How to use vlookup in Excel We'll continue with our example of the Grocery...read more

How to use XLOOKUP in Google Sheets

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XLOOKUP may be a new function to Excel but it is not new to spreadsheet software. Google Sheets already has the LOOKUP function that works exactly like Excel's XLOOKUP. What about Excel's XLOOKUP support for Google Sheets? As Excel Released the XLOOKUP for most of the users now (if you don't have XLOOKUP in your Excel see here why), many users are asking what happens if you try to open a file that has an XLOOKUP formula in Google Sheets. As of February of 2020, this is not supported yet. You get an error when you try to do...read more

A Simple Excel VLOOKUP example

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In this example, I will show you a simple way to use VLOOKUP that even a beginner would understand. VLOOKUP represents Vertical Lookup. That means Excel will look for a value on the vertical, from top to bottom, and return the corresponding value from the same row where the value is found. Simple Enough? Let's see it in action In the table below in cell B2, I'm looking to write a VLOOKUP formula to get the color of the fruit Banana. As you can see, I have a reference table with fruit colors. Banana is in the table and...read more