XLOOKUP Debuts in Excel
by Tim Heng
Late August 2019 and Microsoft has added two new functions, XLOOKUP and XMATCH.
It’s well known I hate VLOOKUP with a passion and if anything can come along and hurry its demise, well, I shall welcome it with open arms. Ladies and gentlemen, may I present the future of looking up for the masses – XLOOKUP. Hopefully, it will make an “ex” of VLOOKUP!
Why I Loathe VLOOKUP
Just as a recap, let me just summarise the resident incumbent:
VLOOKUP(lookup_value, table_array, column_index_number, [range_lookup])
To show my disdain, VLOOKUP always looks for the lookup_value in the first column of a table (the table_array) and then returns a corresponding value so many columns to the right, determined by the column_index_number. ...
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