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Excel VLOOKUP example, using an exact match

You have the following table:

Product ID Available Stock Price


2345 500 15
5457 234 28
9823 155 13
1233 122 12
2344 166 24

You've been asked to come up with a way to check the price of a product when a product ID is typed into a give

Product ID 9823
Price

You write a VLOOKUP function which looks like this:

Product 5457
Price formula =VLOOKUP(B20,$A$6:$C$10,3,0)
Price 28

Try changing the value in the yellow cell to see the price in B22 change
Note what happens if you enter a value in B20 that isn't in the Product ID column above.
a product ID is typed into a given cell
Excel VLOOKUP example, using a nearest match

You have the following table:

Quantity Unit Price customer name


0 20 adnan
10 18 omar
50 16 ahmad
100 13 ali
200 12 mohammad

You've been asked to come up with a way to check the price of a product for a given sales quantity
The method you use should handle any sales quantity that is entered

You write a VLOOKUP function which looks like this:

customer name 199


Price formula =VLOOKUP(B18,$A$6:$C$10,2,1)
Price 13

Try changing the value in the yellow cell to see the price in B20 change
Note what happens if you enter a value in B18 that isn't in the Product ID column above.
given sales quantity
employee id employee name salary born date type
1 adnan 1000 1/1/1989 local
2 omar 50000 1/1/1989 outsource
4 khalid 4500 24/5/1991 outsource

salaries
1000

4500

adnan
omar
khalid

50000
get employee info by
employee ID
enter employee Id 1

salary 1000
name adnan
born date 1/1/1989
type local
total salaries
55500

hello I am adnan
adnan
omar
khalid
number of our employees
3
number of all employees
3

numbrer of local employees


1
number of outsourcing employees

2
hello I am adnan

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