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VLOOKUP Function In Excel 2010

By Usman on Mar 08 2010 16 Comments

Excel VLOOKUP function can be used when you need to look up the values in the specific table and check it against the

other data fields for comparison purpose. VLOOKUP stands for Vertical lookup, used to find specific data from thedatasheet. By creating a sample table generally referred as lookup table you can extract info from it and compare it with thedesired field to yield required results. This post elaborates where you can use VLOOKUP function.

Launch Excel 2010, and open a datasheet on which you want to apply VLOOKUP function.

For instance, we have included a student grading datasheet, containing fields; Name, Course, and Marks.

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Now we will add new column Grade, which will contain grades secured by the students. Now for this, we will be using

VLOOKUP function for looking up values from other table that contains sample data for grades.

Create two new columns containing marks range (sorted in any order) and corresponding grades. you don’t need to create

them in a new worksheet, you can place anywhere in the existing datasheet as we just want to get values from it.

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Now in the Grade first row, we will write VLOOKUP function. The syntax of this function is

VLOOKUP(lookup_value, table_array, col_index_num, [range_lookup] )

The first parameter of the formula lookup_value defines the value of the number which we will be looking in the newly

created table. We need to lookup the value 80 ( Marks field) in the newly created table. The next parameter, table_array defines the table we will be referring to in our case it will be newly created table, containing ranges of marks and grades.

col_index_num defines data from which column we want to extract values to show, in our case it is the second column thatcontain grades range. [range_lookup] lets you to choose an option either TRUE(approximately matching of values) or FALSE (Exact matching of values).

We will write this function in Grade first row, it will go like this;

=VLOOKUP(C2,$F$3:$G$8,2,TRUE)

In the formula parameters , C2 is cell of column Marks which contain marks secured by students , F3:G8 is the location of thenewly created table, containing ranges of marks and grades (use absolute referencing with $ sign), 2 in the formula meansthat values from second column will appear, and TRUE defines that we need approximately match as we have includedranges not exact values.

After evaluating formula, it will show grade A in Grade column as shown in the screen shot below.

Now apply this function over the whole Grade column, drag the plus sign towards the end of Grade column to apply it over,as show in the screen shot below.

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Now we also want to calculate the prize money for each student. for instance, we assume the following criteria.

For grade A $1000

For grade B+ $700

For grade B &600

For grade C+ $250

For grade D N/A

The criteria defined contains the exact value, so we will be making a small change in the parameters of the function. we willbe choosing FALSE from [range_lookup] instead of TRUE as we want to show the exact match.

D2 contains the grade secured by students, so it will check the value in Grade column against the newly created columns,containing prize money criteria, as shown in the screenshot below.

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Now apply the function in Prize Money column to view the prize money won by each student. Now as you can see in the

screenshot below that by using VLOOKUP function it is easier to look up specific values for populating new fields byconnecting different columns.

You can also check out our previously reviewed guides on How to embed videos in Excel 2010 & Adding Outlook email toolin Excel .

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