Excel
5-Minute Guide to Excel VLOOKUP for Office Professionals
VLOOKUP is one of the most widely used Excel functions in offices around the world. It allows you to search for a value in one column and return related data from another column.
What Problem Does VLOOKUP Solve?
Imagine you have an employee ID list and a separate table with employee names. VLOOKUP helps you connect these tables instantly.
Basic VLOOKUP Syntax
Basic VLOOKUP syntax for exact match
=VLOOKUP(lookup_value, table_array, col_index_num, FALSE)