Use VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, and other functions like INDEX and MATCH to search for and find data based on values you enter. This article gives you a quick VLOOKUP refresher, then links to more.

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How to use the LOOKUP function in Excel to search in a single row or column and find a value from the same position in a second row or column.

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This step-by-step article describes how to find data in a table (or range of cells) by using various built-in functions in Microsoft Excel. You can use different formulas to get the same result.

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