Let's assume that the table is on a Sheet called "Test Sheet" in the range A1:B6, now we need to wrap the Sheet name in single quotes as follows:. For example, if you wanted to have the table portion of the VLOOKUP formula be from an external workbook, we could try the following formula:. Now it is important for us to cover one more mistake that is commonly made. When people use the VLOOKUP function, they commonly use relative referencing for the table range like we did in some of our examples above.
This will return the right answer, but what happens when you copy the formula to another cell? The table range will be adjusted by Excel and change relative to where you paste the new formula. Let's explain further Since your table is found in the range A1:B6 and not B2:C7, your formula would return erroneous results in cell H2.
To ensure that your range is not changed, try referencing your table range using absolute referencing as follows:. This is a great way to spruce up your spreadsheet so that you don't see traditional Excel errors.
Frequently Asked Questions. Expand your skills. Get new features first. Was this information helpful? Yes No. Thank you! Any more feedback? The more you tell us the more we can help. Can you help us improve? Resolved my issue. Clear instructions. Easy to follow. No jargon. Let us split the Syntax and see importance of each part of the Vlookup syntax i. A This is the lookup value and the first parameter in the Vlookup syntax.
And we are using lookup value for to search the lookup value i. Range A1:C Please note, vlookup is not a case sensitive, look up values can be in any case and it will return the first matched values in the table array.
The data in the table array can be in any case. For Example, if you want to look for China in the table array, your lookup value can be china, CHINA, China, etc…, this will just look for the word and not a case sensitive. A1:C This is the table array range and the second parameter in the vlookup function. Lookup value will be searched in the first column of the table array i.
Most of the time we will lock the table array range, as we use table array in multiple cells by just dragging the vlookup formulas in the range. So that table arrange will not change. This will tell Vlookup to return 2nd column values from the table array B1:B15, i. Capital City. This you can provide as per the requirement. If you want Population, this should be 3, instead of 2.
In real-time projects column index number of vlookup syntax will be depending on the table data range and the required field information to be returned.
For example, if you have 50 columns in your data in the worksheet or any sheet in your workbook. And if you want to look up some data and fetch the data from those worksheets. You may use any number from 1 to The more you tell us the more we can help. Can you help us improve? Resolved my issue. Clear instructions. Easy to follow. No jargon. Pictures helped. Didn't match my screen. Incorrect instructions. Too technical. Not enough information. Not enough pictures. Any additional feedback?
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