What is the VLOOKUP Function?

The VLOOKUPfunctionin Excel is used to find something in a table.

The result here is22.

VLOOKUP Excel function examples

Since the formulas are referencing cells and not a specific text string, we can leave out the quotes.

Since VLOOKUP doesn’t need to find an exact match,approximate_matchis left blank to indicateTRUE.

If an exact match isn’t found, the function uses the next smaller amount.

VLOOKUP examples in Excel

Column F is the final price when the discount is figured in.

TheXLOOKUPfunction is similar but works in any direction.

VLOOKUP Excel function examples

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