Saturday 8 October 2022

EXCEL Formulas to be use in VLOOKUP to get multiple match in output

VLOOKUP

Excel VLOOKUP function to look up data in a table that  arranged vertically. Output of VLOOKUP will provide exact and approximate match as per input in formula. Lookup values to be available in the first column of the table to run the VLOOKUP.

Syntax

=VLOOKUP (lookup_value, table_array, column_index_num, [range_lookup])

Arguments 

lookup_value -  value to look from table and must be available in first column of                     table.

table_array – Selection of table.

column_index_num –No of colume which output is require.

range_lookup - [optional] TRUE = approximate match (default). FALSE = exact match.

COUNTIF

Excel COUNTIF function provides count of cells that meets the given criteria. Criteria supports logical operators (>,<,<>,=) and wildcards (*,?) for partial matching.

Syntax 

=COUNTIF (range, criteria)

Arguments 

range - The range of cells to count.

criteria - The criteria that controls which cells should be counted.

ROW

Excel ROW function will provide row number where the formula is written

Syntax 

=ROW ([reference])

Arguments 

reference - [optional] A reference to a cell or range of cells.

IFERROR

Excel IFERROR formula will provide custom output when error is generated and return standard result when no error in input value/formula.

Syntax 

=IFERROR (value, value_if_error)

Arguments 

value - The value, reference, or formula.

value_if_error – input to get when error is generated

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