Excel

[sarita-rathore-8a5dfde8 (sarita rathore)]

Diff. between Index match and vlookup

[iftekar-patel-f1e6bf65 (Iftekar Patel)]

The key difference between INDEX MATCH and VLOOKUP is that VLOOKUP requires a static column reference while INDEX MATCH uses a dynamic column reference . With VLOOKUP, most people will input a specific, static number to indicate which column they want to return from. When you use INDEX MATCH, the formula allows you to manually choose which column you want to pull from.

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