Most Excel lookup functions return the first match, but XLOOKUP can reverse the search direction to return the latest record.

Have you ever found yourself wrestling with Excel’s XLOOKUP function, wishing it could just do a little more? Maybe you’ve been frustrated by its single-column ...

lookup_value is the value we want Excel to search for. lookup_array is where we want Excel to search for the lookup value. return_array is where the data exists that we want Excel to return.

You probably use VLOOKUP() function to find exact matches in Microsoft Excel, but you can also find the closest value when you don’t know the exact value. One of Microsoft Excel’s most commonly used ...