Finally, the search_mode argument is set to 1, which means the function will search from the first item to the last.VBA OpenTextFile Create VBA FileSystemObject The match_mode argument is set to 1, which means the function will look for an exact match, and if it can't find one, it returns the next larger item. It sets the if_not_found argument to return 0 (zero) if nothing is found. Unlike VLOOKUP, XLOOKUP can return an array with multiple items, so a single formula can return both employee name and department from cells C5:D14.Įxample 3 adds an if_not_found argument to the preceding example.Įxample 4 looks in column C for the personal income entered in cell E2, and finds a matching tax rate in column B. The equivalent VLOOKUP formula in this case would be: =VLOOKUP(F2,B2:D11,3,FALSE)Įxample 2 looks up employee information based on an employee ID number. Note: XLOOKUP uses a lookup array and a return array, whereas VLOOKUP uses a single table array followed by a column index number. It doesn't include the match_mode argument, as XLOOKUP produces an exact match by default. It includes the lookup_value (cell F2), lookup_array (range B2:B11), and return_array (range D2:D11) arguments. If not sorted, invalid results will be returned.Įxample 1 uses XLOOKUP to look up a country name in a range, and then return its telephone country code. 2 - Perform a binary search that relies on lookup_array being sorted in descending order.

If not sorted, invalid results will be returned. 1 - Perform a reverse search starting at the last item.Ģ - Perform a binary search that relies on lookup_array being sorted in ascending order. If none found, return the next larger item.Ģ - A wildcard match where *, ?, and ~ have special meaning.ġ - Perform a search starting at the first item. If none found, return the next smaller item.ġ - Exact match. If a valid match is not found, and is missing, #N/A is returned.Ġ - Exact match. Where a valid match is not found, return the text you supply. *If omitted, XLOOKUP returns blank cells it finds in lookup_array. =XLOOKUP(lookup_value, lookup_array, return_array, , , ) If no match exists, then XLOOKUP can return the closest (approximate) match. The XLOOKUP function searches a range or an array, and then returns the item corresponding to the first match it finds.

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