How to Use VLOOKUP in Excel: A Beginner’s Guide Introduction VLOOKUP (Vertical Lookup) is one of the most useful and frequently used functions in Excel. It allows you to search for a value in the first column of a table and return a value in the same row from a specified column. This guide will walk you through the basics of using VLOOKUP, step-by-step, so you can start using it to make your data management tasks easier. Step 1: Understand the VLOOKUP Syntax The VLOOKUP function has the following syntax: Copy code VLOOKUP (lookup_value, table_array, col_index_num, [range_lookup]) lookup_value : The value you want to search for. table_array : The range of cells that contains the data. The first column in this range is where Excel will search for the lookup_value. col_index_num : The column number in the table_array from which to retrieve the value. range_lookup : Optional; specifies whether you want an exact match (FALSE) or an approximat
We discuss the window based application package MS-EXCEL . This package can be used to automate tasks such as calculation and analysis of data .It provides discussion on several options that underline MS-EXCEL .This blogs is organised in to 5 units. Unit 1 provides Introduction to Excel covering the Excel basics ,Worksheets ,Editing ,Editing data protecting and saving workbook. Unit 2 provides formatting the worksheet and printing ,Unit 3 provides how to automate workplace ,custom controls and