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Approximate Match only

Table taller or equal to width, does vertical lookup
Table wider than tall, does horizontal lookup
Always takes last value from last column
If you sort your column you can trick it into doing Exact Match
Has lookup range argument and a separate range with values you would like to retrieve values from
Exactly same rows and columns, LOOKUP does Vertical lookup:
LOOKUP as easier substitute for VLOOKUP
Lookup Adding
Lookup Adding with Criteria, with array in lookup value argument
LOOKUP can handle arrays when delivering a single value, and will not require Ctrl + Shift + Enter
LOOKUP Left with two criteria
Lookup Last Value
Lookup Last Text String Including Blanks From Formulas
Lookup Last Text String Excluding Blanks From Formulas
Lookup Last Item (Text or Number)
Last Value From Specified Row
Last Trade Entered On Specific Date
Lookup multiple sub-text-strings within text string and return a code
Find word in text string and extract it, otherwsie Blank
Commission Paid: 3 LOOKUPS in one formula
Finance Payback Rule
Conditional Formatting

Approximate Match only

Table taller or equal to width, does vertical lookup
Table wider than tall, does horizontal lookup
Always takes last value from last column

Marginal
Income
Tax Rate
$6,000.00
0.12

Income
$1.00

Income

Marginal
Tax Rate

Marginal Tax Rate

0
0.00%
500
5.00%
1000
6000
25000

10.00%
12.00%
16.00%

Income
Marginal Tax Rate

0
0.00%

If you sort your column you can trick it into doing Exact Match
ID
880-10048
880-10049
880-10050
880-10051
880-10052
880-10053
880-10054

Last
Lef
Piano
Coller
Stackpole
Lintz
Dudgeon
Hughs

First
Julianne
Milagros
Kathrine
Lonnie
Kurt
Penelope
Pearlie

E-mail
LefJ@PBY.com
PianoM@PBY.com
CollerK@PBY.com
StackpoleL@PBY.com
LintzK@PBY.com
DudgeonP@PBY.com
HughsP@PBY.com

Phone
253-559-4034
253-553-4381
206-762-2195
253-764-6538
206-736-4510
253-452-9723
253-719-7600

ID
880-10048

E-mail
LefJ@PBY.com

ID
880-10051

phone
253-764-6538

Has lookup range argument and a separate range with values you would like to retrieve
Retrieve Records
ID
880-10048
880-10049
880-10050
880-10051
880-10052
880-10053
880-10054

Last
Lef
Piano
Coller
Stackpole
Lintz
Dudgeon
Hughs

First
Julianne
Milagros
Kathrine
Lonnie
Kurt
Penelope
Pearlie

E-mail
LefJ@PBY.com
PianoM@PBY.com
CollerK@PBY.com
StackpoleL@PBY.com
LintzK@PBY.com
DudgeonP@PBY.com
HughsP@PBY.com

Phone
253-559-4034
253-553-4381
206-762-2195
253-764-6538
206-736-4510
253-452-9723
253-719-7600

ID
880-10052

Last
Lintz

First
Kurt

E-mail
LintzK@PBY.com

Phone
206-736-4510

Exactly same rows and columns, LOOKUP does Vertical lookup:

Income

Income

Cat
0 Low
500 High
2000 -Marginal Tax Rate
500
0.03

LOOKUP can handle array formula elements with having to use Ctrl + Shift + Enter

500
5.00%

1000
10.00%

ID
880-10052
880-10049
880-10048
880-10054
880-10050
880-10053
880-10051

6000
12.00%

Last
Coller
Dudgeon
Hughs
Lef
Lintz
Piano
Stackpole

u would like to retrieve values from

25000
16.00%

First
Kathrine
Penelope
Pearlie
Julianne
Kurt
Milagros
Lonnie

E-mail
CollerK@PBY.com
DudgeonP@PBY.com
HughsP@PBY.com
LefJ@PBY.com
LintzK@PBY.com
PianoM@PBY.com
StackpoleL@PBY.com

Phone
206-762-2195
253-452-9723
253-719-7600
253-559-4034
206-736-4510
253-553-4381
253-764-6538

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Marginal Tax Rate

0.00%
3.00%
5.00%

LOOKUP as easier substitute for VLOOKUP

Invoice

SalesRep

Sales

10589 Jo
10590 Mo
10591 Sioux
10592 Chin
10593 Chin
10594 Chin
10595 Sioux
10596 Mo
10597 Jo
10598 Jo
10599 Chin
10600 Mo
10601 Sioux

commission for each sale

VLOOKUP
LOOKUP

4541
1154
424
553
4264
7894
7471
12219
9032
10555
14869
9188
5962
Total

225
25
0
25
225
500
500
1600
500
1600
1600
500
500
7800

225
25
0
25
225
500
500
1600
500
1600
1600
500
500
7800

Lookup Adding
Total Commission
Invoice

7800
SalesRep

10589 Jo
10590 Mo
10591 Sioux
10592 Chin
10593 Chin
10594 Chin
10595 Sioux
10596 Mo
10597 Jo
10598 Jo
10599 Chin
10600 Mo
10601 Sioux

Sales

Commission Table
Amount of
Sales Hurdle Bonus
0
0
500
25
1500
100
3000
225
5000
500
10000
1600

4541
1154
424
553
4264
7894
7471
12219
9032
10555
14869
9188
5962

Lookup Adding with Criteria, with array in lookup value argument

SalesRep
Jo
Mo
Sioux
Chin
Total

Commission
2325
2125
1000
2350
0

Check
2325
2125
1000
2350
0

Commission Table
Sales Hurdle
0
500
1500
3000
5000
10000

Amount of
Bonus
0
25
100
225
500
1600

LOOKUP can handle arrays when delivering a single value, and will not require Ctrl + Sh
LOOKUP Left with two criteria
Date

Sales Rep
3/27/2012 Jo
3/28/2012 Mo
3/29/2012 Phil
3/30/2012 Pham
3/31/2012 Pham
4/1/2012 Phil
4/2/2012 Jo
4/3/2012 Shelia
4/4/2012 Chip
4/5/2012 Mo

City
Seattle
Seattle
Tacoma
Tacoma
Seattle
Burien
Burien
Burien
D.M.
N. Bend

Client
FM
QFC
QFC
FM
PCC
FM
SW
ALH
QFC
SW

City
Tacoma
Sales Rep
Phil
#DIV/0!

nd will not require Ctrl + Shift + Enter

Client
QFC

City
Seattle
Tacoma
Burien
D.M.
N. Bend

Client
FM
QFC
PCC
SW
ALH

? Is wild card for a single

character
Lookup Last Text String
Including Blanks From
Formulas

Lookup Last Value

Numbers Only

Lookup Last Text String

Excluding Blanks From
Formulas

Words Only
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Words Only
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Excel

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Last with criteria

Name
Sioux
Last

Names
Jo
Mo
Sioux

Last Trade Entered On Specific Date

Date

Trade
11/20/2010

Date

Trade
11/18/2010 GOOG
11/18/2010 MSFT
11/18/2010 XOM
11/19/2010 WFMI
11/19/2010 C
11/19/2010 C
11/20/2010 WFMI
11/20/2010 GOOG
11/20/2010 MSFT
11/20/2010 FM

11/20/2010 SW
11/20/2010 FM
11/20/2010 XOM
11/21/2010 XOM
11/21/2010 WFMI
11/22/2010 GOOG
11/22/2010 GOOG
11/22/2010 C
11/23/2010 C
11/23/2010 MSFT

<> means not

"" means empty or null
text string
Lookup Last Item (Text
or Number)

Text Or Numbers
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Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

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Date
11/18/2010
11/19/2010
11/20/2010
11/21/2010
11/22/2010
11/23/2010

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Lookup multiple sub-text-strings within text string and return a code

Titles
Microsoft Multiplan: of Mice and Men
Don't be Evil, Google
The elements of Spreadhseet Style
Using Lotus 1-2-3
Doing Business with VisiCalc

Code

=REPT("!",2^15) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
=REPT("!",2^15-1) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2^15 = 32,768, which is one character more than the number of characters allowed in a cell.

SEARCH locates one text string within a second text string, and returns the number of the startin
position of the first text string from the first character of the second text string. SEARCH function
not case sensitive like FIND.
Find word in text string and extract it, otherwsie Blank
Description

24" 2.6 cu ft., Portable Top Load Washer, Stainless Steel

Wash Tub, I-Sensor, 9 Wash Cycles, 7 Waster Level.
HE Top Load Washer, 5.2 cu. ft, Stainless Steel Wash Tub,
Wave force, VCM,
Coldwash, 6 motion
4.0 cu.ft., 1100rpm, None Heater, Direct Drive, Painted
Top Plate, 7 Washer Cycles, Front Console design (Neo
Pro)
Front Load, 4.3 cu.ft., 1150 rpm, Non Heater, Direct
Drive, Painted Top Plate, 7 Washer Cycles, Front Console
design, Truebalance, 6 Motion, Smart Diagnosis,

Top Load or Front Load

Company
Microsoft
VisiCalc
Lotus
Google

Code
499854
846966
342000
525669

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characters allowed in a cell.

urns the number of the starting

text string. SEARCH function is

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3 LOOKUPS in one formula

Sales
Commission Paid
$55,000.00
$1,225.00
Commission Table

Sales
$0.00
$5,000.00
$10,000.00
$20,000.00
$30,000.00
$50,000.00
$100,000.00

Commission
from Previous
Bracket

Rate
0.00%
0.50%
1.00%
2.00%
3.00%
6.00%
10.00%

0
$25.00
$125.00
$325.00
$925.00
$3,925.00

Period

Payback
RRR
NPV
IRR

Cumulative CF for
Cash Flow For NPV Payback
0 $ (1,115,000.00) $ (1,115,000.00)
1
146,745.00 $
(968,255.00)
2
384,393.00 $
(583,862.00)
3
396,613.00 $
(187,249.00)
4
397,113.00 $
209,864.00
5
309,148.00 $
519,012.00
6
221,861.00 $
740,873.00
7
208,698.00 $
949,571.00
8
428,180.00 $ 1,377,751.00
3.47
0.2
$51,622.68
21.46%

Barry Houdini at the Mr Excel Message Board c

Excel Message Board came up with this Gem

Income
$0
$100
$500
$1,000
$2,000

0
$5
$6
$7
$8
$9

Allowance
s
Income

3
$102

Allowances
1
$6
$7
$8
$9
$10

2
$7
$8
$9
$10
$11

3
$8
$9
$10
$11
$12