5 Alternatives To VLOOKUP Function: How To Get Values To The Left Of VLOOKUP Range

How do you get the value from a column that is to the left of a VLOOKUP range? The VLOOKUP function is a powerful function that enables you to capture the value from a range, provided the value is to the right of the lookup range. For example, suppose you have the following data in your spreadsheet that contains the employee ID in column A, the name of the employee in column B and their hire date in column C. You cannot search by column B to return column A using the VLOOKUP function. ...

February 12, 2022 · 8 min · 1687 words · Ryan Sheehy