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 ...

If you work with a large dataset or usually query the same data in an Excel table, then you should use the VLOOKUP function to make your life easier – here's how.

What’s a vlookup, you ask? For the uninformed, this fun little Excel command allows you to extract a value based on the position of another value. So, for example, suppose you had a spreadsheet ...

VLOOKUP, one of the most useful Microsoft Excel functions, is also available on Google Sheets. Here's how to use VLOOKUP to sift through Sheets data.

Excel's VLOOKUP function lets you find data in columns in reference to the first column. Learn how to create it manually or build it easily.

The VLOOKUP function is one of the most useful when pulling information from an Excel database. Here's how it works and how you can start using it in your work.

In Excel a "Vlookup," short for vertical lookup, is a formula used to return a value from a table of data. For example, you might want to add a column to a customer information spreadsheet that ...

Microsoft Excel's VLOOKUP function fetches data from different cells. It searches an array for a specific value and returns the value of a cell adjacent to it.

The lookup function in Excel can save you a lot of time and effort, but only if you actually know how to use its many forms and alterations.