Syntax of Vlookup with Exact Match :

Function Syntax } =VLOOKUP(lookup_value, table_array, col_index_num, range_lookup)

Input Parameters } lookup_value table_array col_index_num
User Input } EMP005 tbl_employees 4
Formula } =VLOOKUP(EMP005, tbl_employees, 4, FALSE)
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Employee ID Full Name SSN Department
EMP001 Faith K. Macias 845-04-3962 Marketing
EMP002 Lucian Q. Franklin 345-28-4935 IT/IS
EMP003 Blaze V. Bridges 503-53-8350 Accounts
EMP004 Denton Q. Dale 858-39-7967 Sales
EMP005 Blossom K. Fox 245-18-5890 Engineering
EMP006 Kerry V. David 873-45-8675 Finance
EMP007 Melanie X. Baker 190-08-3679 Admin
EMP008 Adele M. Fulton 352-36-9553 Human Resource
EMP009 Justina O. Jensen 645-74-0451 Customer Support
EMP010 Yoshi J. England 558-53-1475 Advertisement
VLookup Formulas with Exact Match
Change the User Inputs in cells C9 and E9 and watch the output in G9
tbl_employees
=VLOOKUP(lookup_value, table_array, col_index_num, range_lookup)
range_lookup Output
FALSE Engineering
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Start Date Earnings
1/27/2008 $73,500.00
3/1/2008 $80,000.00
4/16/2008 $95,000.00
5/3/2008 $105,000.00
7/11/2008 $90,000.00
7/17/2008 $60,000.00
10/5/2008 $87,000.00
10/28/2008 $104,000.00
11/5/2008 $380,050.00
12/9/2008 $93,000.00
VLOOKUP with
Department
Sheet Password = 'lookup'
Victor Chan, Launch Excel 2012
VLOOKUP with Exact Match
This worksheet shows you how to use the VLOOKUP function for exact
matches.

Function syntax:
VLOOKUP(lookup_value, table_array, col_index_num, range_lookup)

How it works:
When range_lookup is set to FALSE or 0, Excel goes to the table_array and
looks in the leftmost column for the lookup_value. Only if an exact match
is found does Excel give the corresponding value from the column set by
col_index_num, otherwise you get an error message #N/A.

When to use it:
You should use Exact Match when you want to make sure that Excel only
returns a result value if it finds the exact lookup_value in your table. Your
lookup table should contain unique items, in this case Employee IDs are
unique as every ID is different.

What to look out for:
When you use VLOOKUP with Exact Match, beware that it will only return
the first line it finds. So if there is more than one row in your table with
the correct lookup_value, Excel will only give you the result value from the
first line and not any subsequent lines. It's possible to use array formulas
to return more than one value with VLOOKUP but that is a more advanced
topic that we won't cover here.

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Syntax of Vlookup with Exact Match :
Function Syntax } =VLOOKUP(lookup_value, table_array, col_index_num, range_lookup)
Input Parameters } lookup_value table_array col_index_num
User Input } 20% tbl_marks 2
Formula } =VLOOKUP(20%, tbl_marks, 2, TRUE)
Student Marks Grade
STU001 20% E
STU002 32%
STU003 48%
STU004 56%
STU005 60%
STU006 63%
STU007 64%
STU008 72%
STU009 75%
STU010 84%
STU011 90%
STU012 95%
VLookup Formulas with Approximate Match
Change the User Inputs in cell C9 and watch the output in G9
=VLOOKUP(lookup_value, table_array, col_index_num, range_lookup)
range_lookup Output
TRUE E
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Marks Grade
0% E
30% D
60% C
80% B
90% A
VLOOKUP with
tbl_marks
Sheet Password = 'lookup'
Victor Chan, Launch Excel 2012
VLOOKUP with Approximate Match
This worksheet shows you how to use the VLOOKUP function for
approximate matches.

Function syntax:
VLOOKUP(lookup_value, table_array, col_index_num, range_lookup)

How it works:
When range_lookup is set to TRUE or 1, Excel goes to the table_array and
looks down the leftmost column until it finds a value greater than the
lookup value. It then goes back up one row and gives its result from that
row. If the lookup value is higher than the value in the last row, Excel uses
the last row for its result. If the lookup_value is lower than the value in the
first row, VLOOKUP gives an error message #N/A.

When to use it:
You should only use an approximate match when you definitely need an
approximate match. If you have exact records to lookup and you want
accurate results, you should never use an approximate match. Two other
examples when approximate matches are useful: looking up variable tax
rates, and looking up variable commission rates.

What to look out for:
Excel uses approximate matches by default, so if you do not specify FALSE
as the range_lookup parameter, you will get approximate matches.
Remember the first column of table_array must be sorted in ascending
order for approximate matches to work properly.
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