| | | This function should be used when you want to lookup a matching value in a particular column of a table and then return a value in the corresponding row. |
| | | This function cannot return values that are to the left of the lookup column. |
| | | This function is not case sensitive when searching for text strings. Uppercase and lowercase text is equivalent. |
| | | The "lookup_value" can be a number, text, logical value, or a name or reference that refers to a one of these. |
| | | If "lookup_value" is text, then it can also include the two wildcard characters ( * ) and ( ? ). |
| | | If "lookup_value" is smaller than the smallest value in the first column of "table_array", then #N/A is returned. |
| | | If "lookup_value" cannot be found and "range_lookup" is TRUE, it uses the largest value that is less than the "lookup_value". |
| | | If "table_array" contains duplicate values then the results are based on the first match found. |
| | | If "col_index_num" = 1, the first column value in "table_array" is used. |
| | | If "col_index_num" = 2, the second column value in "table_array" is used. |
| | | If "col_index_num" < 1, then #VALUE! is returned. |
| | | If "col_index_num" > the number of columns in table_array, then #REF! is returned. |
| | | If "col_index_num" is not numeric, then #VALUE! is returned. |
| | | If "range_lookup" = True, then an approximate match is returned. In other words, if an exact match is not found, the next largest value that is less than "lookup_value" is returned. |
| | | If "range_lookup" = True, then the values must be sorted into ascending order -1, 0, 1, A-Z, FALSE, TRUE, otherwise the function will not returned the next largest value. |
| | | If "range_lookup" = False, then an exact match will be found. If one is not found, then #N/A is returned. |
| | | If "range_lookup" = False, then "table_array" does not need to be sorted. |
| | | If "range_lookup" is left blank, then True is used. |
| | | This function will only return values less than 256 characters long. If the matching value is more than 255 characters, then #N/A is returned. |
| | | For a working example please refer to the VLOOKUP Function page. |
| | | | A | B | C | | 1 | =VLOOKUP("Wheels",B1:C3,2,TRUE) = 11 | Wheels | 6 | | 2 | =VLOOKUP("Wheels",B1:C3,1,TRUE) = Bolts | Bearings | 8 | | 3 | =VLOOKUP("Wheels",B1:C3,1) = Bolts | Bolts | 11 | | 4 | =VLOOKUP("Wheels",B1:C4,2) = 11 | | | | 5 | =VLOOKUP("Wheels",B1:C3,1,FALSE) = Wheels | | | | 6 | =VLOOKUP("Wheels",B3:C5,1,FALSE) = #N/A | | |
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