In such cases, Excel's LOOKUP function can be extremely useful. It allows you to search for a value in a range of cells and ...

One function that anyone looking to master the spreadsheet program needs to know is VLOOKUP. It's easily one of the handiest ways to sort through and understand large reams of data. Here ...

More specifically, VLOOKUP's approximate match (indicated by TRUE in the formula) searches down the lookup array until it finds a value that's larger than the lookup value. It then returns the ...

An curved arrow pointing right. VLOOKUP is one of the most useful functions in Excel. You can pull specific data out of huge data sets with a simple formula. Just watch. Produced by Sara ...