Learn when FILTER beats XLOOKUP, when it does not, and how to handle multiple matches, nth items, and multi-condition lookups with clear steps.

VLOOKUP, or Vertical Lookup, is a powerful function in Excel that allows you to search for specific data in a column and return a value from a different column in the same row. Here’s a concise guide ...

Those of us over a certain age will remember using paper lookup tables for logarithms or trigonometry functions. Those who are younger will have been exposed to lookup tables in their programming ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Once you have mastered VLOOKUP in Excel it's time to move on to INDEX/MATCH. This formula combination gives the same results but without the problems of VLOOKUP.

Learn how to use XLOOKUP in Excel to return multiple columns easily, faster, and more efficiently than traditional VLOOKUP.

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 ...