VLOOKUP and Search are two functions that Excel uses to search for text. VLOOKUP finds data in a column and returns the contents of an adjacent cell. Search finds data in a cell and returns the string ...

Excel is a cornerstone tool for data analysis, management, and automation, offering a wide array of functions that simplify even the most complex tasks. Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned user, ...

Have you ever felt like Excel’s lookup functions are more of a puzzle than a solution? If you’ve wrestled with the quirks of VLOOKUP or HLOOKUP, you’re not alone. But here’s the good news: Microsoft ...

After years of wrestling with messy spreadsheets, I've discovered four Excel functions that save me hours every week by automating tedious tasks most people do manually. I stopped using VLOOKUP years ...

A little from column A, a little from column B: XLOOKUP is the new, easier way to retrieve information across Excel spreadsheets. If you’re working on your accounts and you need to convert all your ...

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 ...

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 ...