Question 1

?What is the difference between XLOOKUP and VLOOKUP in Excel

Accepted Answer

XLOOKUP and VLOOKUP are both used to find and retrieve data in Excel, but XLOOKUP offers several advantages over VLOOKUP:

Direction of Search: XLOOKUP can search both vertically and horizontally, whereas VLOOKUP only searches vertically.
No Need for Column Index Numbers: XLOOKUP allows you to directly reference the return array, avoiding the need to specify column index numbers as with VLOOKUP.
Error Handling: XLOOKUP includes an optional parameter to specify a value if the search value is not found, providing better error handling than VLOOKUP.
Flexibility: XLOOKUP allows for approximate and exact matches more easily and can perform searches in reverse order, unlike VLOOKUP which requires sorted data for reverse lookups.

Question 2

?How do you use XLOOKUP to find an exact match for a value

Accepted Answer

To use XLOOKUP to find an exact match, follow these steps:

Syntax: =XLOOKUP(lookup_value, lookup_array, return_array, [if_not_found], [match_mode], [search_mode])
lookup_value: Enter the value you want to search for.
lookup_array: Specify the range where the function will search for lookup_value.
return_array: Define the range from which to return the corresponding value.
[if_not_found]: Optionally, provide a value to return if lookup_value is not found.
[match_mode]: Set this to 0 for an exact match. (The default is 0, so this parameter can be omitted if you only want an exact match.)
[search_mode]: Optionally, set this to 1 for searching from first to last (default) or -1 for searching from last to first.
Example Formula: =XLOOKUP("Product123", A2:A10, B2:B10, "Not Found", 0)

This formula searches for "Product123" in the range A2
and returns the corresponding value from B2
. If "Product123" is not found, it returns "Not Found".

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