The ANTI-VLookup

Pankman

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Hey folks,

I know how to use VLOOKUP, but how do I use it the other way around. I want to look in a range of cells in the rightmost column, and when I find the thing I want, to return the value in the left most column. Sort of VLOOKUP reversed.

Can anyone help me?
 

Excel Facts

Wildcard in VLOOKUP
Use =VLOOKUP("Apple*" to find apple, Apple, or applesauce
Use Index/Match

e.g.

=INDEX(A1:C100,MATCH(D1,C1:C100,0),1)

where A1:C100 is the table your looking at

MATCH(D1,C1:C100,0) find the row number from the criteria presented in D1

and 1 being the Column number
 
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