As you use Microsoft Excel more and more, you'll find that the VLOOKUP function is a very popular tool for dealing with large Excel directories or databases. It allows the user to quickly find ...

You can do a lot in Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets, beyond the obvious spreadsheet-style organization and data collating. A lot of this is tied to both of their programming-like functions that can ...

The XLOOKUP or VLOOKUP choice is tied to scenario, as most needs are fixed lookups, letting you save time with the simpler ...

I still remember the first day I figured out how to run a vlookup command in Excel; I was sitting at my coffee table wondering what the point of this silly little command was. Once I realized its ...

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This is the demonstration file referenced in How to combine Excel’s VLOOKUP() function with a combo box for enhanced searching, by Susan Harkins. From the hottest programming languages to commentary ...

You can use VLOOKUP with Google Sheets; it's similar to how the function works in Excel. The VLOOKUP formula can find values in tables on the same sheet or a different sheet, but it can only find ...

I am running into the dreaded "Excel cannot complete this task with available resources" dialog box in Excel while trying to fill a column with a simple VLOOKUP equation. I have one column with ...

The Google Sheets spreadsheet tool has plenty to praise: It’s free, friendly for Android devices, and easily shareable for collaborative work. New users may be wondering just how similar it is to ...