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What is VLOOKUP in Excel - Excel Basics

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Suppose you have data in two different tables and you wish to combine the data. How do you do this? Excel has a formula - VLOOKUP() that facilitates combining data from multiple tables/files. Let's learn how to use VLOOKUP.

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The basic idea of VLOOKUP is to merge two tables using a common column. If there's no column common among tables, merging will not be applicable (it will simply be equivalent to placing two tables alongside each other). 

 

VLOOKUP has 4 arguments - 

  • LOOKUP_VALUE: Value to be found
  • TABLE_ARRAY: Table in which the LOOKUP_VALUE has to be searched
  • COL_INDEX_RETURN: Index of the column that has to be returned
  • RANGE_LOOKUP: This is an optional parameter. However, in order to ensure an exact match, always use False here

We also used Named References for tables. These make the Excel Formula more readable and reduce the chances of an error due to a Dollar Sign.

 

In the next video, let's explore VLOOKUP in greater detail:

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Remember:

  • The value that we're searching should be the 1st column in the target table.
  • When looking up a value from another Excel File, the target file should be in the same directory as the parent file.

In the next video, we will look at some common errors that we are likely to commit while using VLOOKUP.