microsoft excel training - How do look up tables work?

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How do look up tables work?

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by - delegate Pedro [3 posts] (2008 Jan 24 Thu, 14:02) Reply

Having problems with the theory behind VLOOKUPS.

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RE: How do look up tables work?

by - trainer Amanda diamond contributer [1243 posts] (2008 Feb 6 Wed, 20:46) Reply

Hi Pedro

Thank you for your question; and apologies for the delay in response.

The idea behind the VLOOKUP is that you can ask Excel to look for a certain value or piece of text in one column, and then find and display another value/piece of text in the same row but a different column. Basically it saves you from having to look through a column of data for a particular bit of data, then find another piece of data in the same row yourself.

I hope this helps.
Amanda