We’ll combine a combo box and the VLOOKUP () function. Looking at the actual data, you might expect B to return Beverages because that value occurs before Baked Goods & Mixes in the category column.

Vlookup used to create an array in memory that held the full range of the table. So the smaller you can make the array, the less memory the function will use.

Excel's VLOOKUP function searches cell arrays for data that you provide. The function often takes cell references as input, letting you easily apply the function to each cell in a range.

Excel's VLOOKUP function lets you find data in columns in reference to the first column. Learn how to create it manually or build it easily.

2] Find differences by comparing two columns Another purpose for the VLOOKUP function is to find differences within two columns. This is an easy task, so let us talk about how to get this done. We ...

This is the demonstration file referenced in How to combine Excel’s VLOOKUP() function with a combo box for enhanced searching, by Susan Harkins. From the hottest programming languages to ...