How to use the HLOOKUP function in Excel

Aug 13, 2023

Learn how to use the HLOOKUP function in Microsoft Excel. This tutorial demonstrates how to use Excel HLOOKUP with an easy to follow example and takes you step-by-step through the different options when entering your formula.

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0 -> HLOOKUP is one of Excel's more powerful Lookup functions

4.04 -> If your data is organized into horizontal rows, you can use the HLOOKUP function

9.46 -> to search for a value in the first row of your data table and return a corresponding value from another row

15.9 -> The easiest way to understand this function is to look at an example

20.4 -> So let's get started

22.08 -> Here we have a table of data containing order information

26.1 -> We can use HLOOKUP to locate a unit price based on a particular Order ID value

32.54 -> To get started, let's begin by entering the HLOOKUP command

36.38 -> As you can see, the HLOOKUP function takes 4 parameters

41.34 -> The first parameter that we will enter is the value that we are trying to locate in the first row of the table

48.02 -> In our example, we want to search for Order ID number 10251

54.08 -> The second parameter we will need to enter is the table or source of the data HLOOKUP will use

60.9 -> The range provided must include both the first row that will be searched for our first parameter value

66.74 -> and the row containing our hopeful result

70.18 -> You can provide either a range of cells or a named range for this parameter

75.5 -> For example, we will enter the range A1:G3

80.56 -> The third parameter we must enter is the position number in the table where the return value can be found

87.48 -> A value of 1 indicates the first row in the table, a value of 2 indicates the second row and so on

94.42 -> Since we are looking for the Unit Price, we will enter a 2 which represents cells A2:G2

103.22 -> Finally and most importantly is HLOOKUP's fourth parameter

107.6 -> This parameter determines whether an exact match

110.68 -> or an approximate match will be done when looking for the first parameter

115.06 -> A value of FALSE means that HLOOKUP is looking for an exact match

120.36 -> A value of TRUE means that an approximate or close match will be returned

125.62 -> Unless you have a specific reason for looking for an approximate match

129.68 -> you should always use FALSE to return an exact match

133.086 -> Otherwise the HLOOKUP could return some unexpected results

137.04 -> Now that we have entered all of HLOOKUP's parameters, let's complete the command to examine the result

143.2 -> You should see the unit price of $16.80 appear

147.86 -> $16.80 is the unit price that corresponds to the Order ID number 10251 that we searched for

156.28 -> This covers a simple example of how to use Excel's HLOOKUP function

160.76 -> If you would like to see more HLOOKUP examples

163.8 -> or you would like to download the sample data we used for this tutorial

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