An curved arrow pointing right. Once you have mastered VLOOKUP in Excel it's time to move on to INDEX/MATCH. This formula combination gives the same results but without the problems of VLOOKUP.

Excel’s VLOOKUP may seem tricky ... using it without breaking a sweat. The syntax for VLOOKUP is: VLOOKUP (lookup_value, ...

The lookup function in Excel can save you a lot of time and effort, but only if you actually know how to use its many forms ...