VLOOKUP
Introduction Use VLOOKUP when you need to find things in a table or a range. For example, to find an employee name/address/email etc. Based on their employee ID. In its simplest form, the VLOOKUP function says: =VLOOKUP(What you want to look up , where you want to look for it , the column number in the range containing the value to return , return an Approximate or Exact match – indicated as 1 /TRUE, or 0 /FALSE). Vertical lookup. Searches down the first column of a range for a key and returns the value of a specified cell in the row found. There are four pieces of information that you will need in order to build the VLOOKUP syntax: The value you want to look up, also called the lookup value. The range where the lookup value is located. Remember that the lookup value should always be in the first column in the range for VLOOKUP to work correctly. For example, if your lookup value is in cell C2 then your range should start with C. The column number in the range that contains the ...