VLOOKUP stands for “Vertical Lookup”.
It can be used anytime that you have a list of data with the key field in the left-most column.
VLOOKUP needs four parameters.
Ist Parameter : The cell value which needs to be SEARCHED.
2nd Parameter : The RANGE with your lookup table. Highlight the range. Be sure to use F4 to make the range be absolute. (An absolute reference has a dollar sign before both the column number and row number. When the formula is copied, the reference will continue to point towards I3:J351.
3rd Parameter : In which column the Target Value to be found.
In the Range of Lookup Table, if the column is 3, then you got to give as 3 for this parameter.
4th Parameter : if a “close” match is OK. then give True. If it is not, enter False.
Example : http://www.mrexcel.com/tip096.shtml
Eg: =VLOOKUP(Z7,AC6:AD14,2,FALSE)
In the above example
Z7 -- Cell no: consists of the data needs to be searched.
AC6:AD14 --- Range of the lookup table in which the output value shall be available.
2-- As we need the second column data in the lookup table we have given 2.
FALSE -- we don't want close match. We need Exact Match. So, False is given.
It can be used anytime that you have a list of data with the key field in the left-most column.
VLOOKUP needs four parameters.
Ist Parameter : The cell value which needs to be SEARCHED.
2nd Parameter : The RANGE with your lookup table. Highlight the range. Be sure to use F4 to make the range be absolute. (An absolute reference has a dollar sign before both the column number and row number. When the formula is copied, the reference will continue to point towards I3:J351.
3rd Parameter : In which column the Target Value to be found.
In the Range of Lookup Table, if the column is 3, then you got to give as 3 for this parameter.
4th Parameter : if a “close” match is OK. then give True. If it is not, enter False.
Example : http://www.mrexcel.com/tip096.shtml
Eg: =VLOOKUP(Z7,AC6:AD14,2,FALSE)
In the above example
Z7 -- Cell no: consists of the data needs to be searched.
AC6:AD14 --- Range of the lookup table in which the output value shall be available.
2-- As we need the second column data in the lookup table we have given 2.
FALSE -- we don't want close match. We need Exact Match. So, False is given.
