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Understanding Vlookup.: Refer Attached Sheet For Explanation

The VLOOKUP function searches for a value in the left-most column of a table and returns a value from the same row in a specified column index. It takes in a lookup value, table range sorted in ascending order, column index number to return from, and an optional match type parameter. The function performs a vertical lookup to find the value and return the corresponding value in the same row from the specified column index.

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Understanding Vlookup.: Refer Attached Sheet For Explanation

The VLOOKUP function searches for a value in the left-most column of a table and returns a value from the same row in a specified column index. It takes in a lookup value, table range sorted in ascending order, column index number to return from, and an optional match type parameter. The function performs a vertical lookup to find the value and return the corresponding value in the same row from the specified column index.

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Understanding Vlookup.

The VLOOKUP function performs a vertical lookup by searching for a value in the left-most column of
table_array and returning the value in the same row in the index_number position. Value is the value to
search for in the first column of the table_array.

Syntax
VLOOKUP(lookup_value, table_array, col_index_num, match_type)

Refer attached sheet for explanation:


Cell F2 I have used vlookup function, and formula is: =VLOOKUP(E2, A2:B9,2,0)
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Here lookup_value is value is the value to search for in the first column of the table_array, in our
case it is value of cell E2,
table_array is two or more columns of data that is sorted in ascending order, in our case it is
range A2:B9 ,
col_index_num is the column number in table_array from which the matching value must be
returned. The first column is 1, for 2nd it is 2 & so on, in our case it is 2.
match_type is optional, It determines if you are looking for an exact match based on value.
Enter FALSE to find an exact match. Enter TRUE to find an approximate match, which means that
if an exact match if not found, then the VLOOKUP function will look for the next largest value
that is less than value. If this parameter is omitted, the VLOOKUP function returns an
approximate match.

NOTE

If index_number is less than 1, the VLOOKUP function will return #VALUE!.

If index_number is greater than the number of columns in table_array, the VLOOKUP


function will return #REF!.

If you specify FALSE for the not_exact_match parameter and no exact match is found, then
the VLOOKUP function will return #N/A

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