Chapter 55
using VLOOKUP function
To use VLOOKUP function follow these instructions :Create a data range.
Point the cursor at a cell.
Write the function as =VLOOKUP(Look_up_value, Data_range, Column_index, Range_look_up).
- Look_up_value is the value or reference of value to search.
- Data_range is the range where the value is to be searched.
- Column_index is the column number starting from 1 which value is to be inserted.
- Range_look_up is the value TRUE or omitted for closest match and FALSE for exact match.
For this function the Data_range should be in ascending order and you can use a range name in place of Data_range.