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Advanced VLOOKUP Techniques: Handle Errors, Wildcards, and Large Datasets

Once you understand basic VLOOKUP, the next step is learning how to use it reliably in complex, real-world spreadsheets.

Handling Errors with IFERROR

When a lookup value is missing, VLOOKUP returns an error. You can make your formulas more user-friendly by wrapping them with IFERROR.

Handle missing lookup values gracefully

=IFERROR(VLOOKUP(A2, A:B, 2, FALSE),