VLOOKUP looks for the lookup value in the leftmost column of the lookup table or table array, aiming to find the matching value. That means whatever you want to return must be located somewhere to the right of the column you’re searching in.
The VLOOKUP function in Excel performs a case-insensitive lookup. For example, the VLOOKUP function below looks up MIA (cell G2) in the leftmost column of the table.
VLOOKUP is used to search and retrieve data from a specific column in a table. For example, you can look up the price of a product in a database or find an employee’s name based on their employee ID. Approximate and exact matching is supported, and wildcards (* ?) can be used for partial matches.