Ms excel 2010 vlookup tutorial pdf. Vlookup relies on 4 function arguments which are numbered above. New perspectives on microsoft excel 2010 29 using the vlookup function to find an approximate match returns a value based on an approximate match lookup searches the first column of the table until it locates the largest value that is less than the lookup value then moves across the row in the table to retrieve the corresponding value. F1 displays the microsoft office excel help task pane. Vlookup formula in excel with example pdf microsoft office ms excel has large number of functions and utilities which an average user forget to use them.
Altf1 creates a chart of the data in the current range. How to use vlookup in excel 6 7. If you have one big database in which you want to find the cost of an item quickly then user can use vlookup function quickly. Vlookup v stands for vertical is an in built function in excel which allows establishing a relationship between different columns of excel.
The calculation area uses a formula such as vlookup to find the correct data for each situation. Ctrlf1 displays or hides the ribbon a component of the microsoft office fluent user interface. F2 edits the active cell and positions the insertion point at the end of the cell contents. Using vlookup to match student ids login codes to student names.
1 the document provided by youthtruth that contains student ids and login codes well call this sheet 1. Using vlookup to combine data in microsoft excel microsoft excel includes a very powerful function that helps users combine data from multiple sources into one table in a spreadsheet. User can also make their own formulas. At this point you will know if your vlookup will be successful.
Enter a 3 in the colindexnum field. Altshiftf1 inserts a new worksheet. Excel vlookup function can be used when you need to look up the values in the specific table and check it against the other data fields for comparison purpose. To get started you will need the following two excel documents.
For example if you download multiple sets of practice management system data you may need to combine data from several spreadsheets to make sense of your data. Click into the rangelookup field. By creating a sample table generally referred as lookup table you can extract info from it and compare it with the desired field to yield required results. Excel returns to the vlookup worksheet.
This step by step tutorial will demonstrate how to match student ids and login codes to student names. In this example the vlookup function shown is comparing the value in c5 with the values in the range payrates. Click into the colindexnum field. Excel will preview the result for you.
Now we will create the vlookup formula that will translate the a pcode in cell c2 to the description found from the party codes worksheet.