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What is the difference between Vlookup and Index and which one is better? Thanks.
What is the difference between Vlookup and Index and which one is better? Thanks.
Horses for courses: Index tells you which row (usually, can be column) in the search area contains your data.
VLookup acts like index then goes on to return a value from that row. (Hlookup is the same for returning from a column).
and usually we use INDEX & MATCH together(I prefer this combination)
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VLOOKUP is specifically for looking down the lefthand column of a table and returning a value from the same row as the match.
INDEX is more versitile. You can use it to match both a value down a column and a value across.
=INDEX(A1:D4, MATCH("B", A2:A4,0), MATCH(3, B1:D1,0) = Gary
1 2 3 A Bob Joe Mary B Lynn Sid Gary C Hank Kim Luke
With INDEX, your Lookup value can be to the right of your returning values (can't do that with VLOOKUP)
ie. = INDEX(A1:A10, MATCH("Test", Q1:Q10,0)) looks in Column Q for "Test" and returns the value in Column A that is in the same row.
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