Excel tutorial on vlookup. As a result the vlookup function returns the salary of mia clark first instance. Vlookup v stands for vertical is an in built function in excel which allows establishing a relationship between different columns of excel. The vlookup function is case insensitive so it looks up mia or mia or mia or mia etc. Then it returns that something thats in the same row as the value youre looking for.
As the name specifies vlookup is a built in excel function that helps you look for a specified value by searching for it vertically across the sheet. In this vlookup guide we will learn. Vlookup in excel may sound complicated but you will find out that it is a very easy and useful tool once you try it. Vlookup function is best suited for situations when you are looking for a matching data point in a column and when the matching data point is found you go to the right in that row and fetch a value from a cell which is a specified number of columns to the right.
The only caveat is that the datasheet has to be listed vertically which is the case 99 of the time. Lets take a simple example here to understand when to use vlookup in excel. Want more excel videos. A vlookup is an excel function that looks for something in a range of cells.
In its simplest form the vlookup function says. Heres my excel playlist. Vlookup stands for vertical lookup. Use vlookup in the formula bar type vlookup.
In other words it allows you to find look up a value from one column of data and returns its respective or corresponding value from another column. This can be an actual value or a blank cell that will hold a value. For example the vlookup function below looks up mia cell g2 in the leftmost column of the table.