The 4 th argument range_lookup is FALSE, which indicates that we are looking for exact match.

Meaning, we want to return a matching value from column B, which is second in the table array. Keeping in mind that the search is performed in the left-most column, you can read the above formula a little further: search for 'lion' in the range A2:A11.

The 2 nd argument ( table_array) is A2:B11.

The 1 st argument ( lookup_value) clearly indicates that the formula looks up the word 'lion'.

Please have a look at the below formula and try to 'translate' it into English: Here is an example of the Excel VLOOKUP formula in its simplest form. If an exact match is not found, a #N/A value is returned. The formula searches for a value exactly equal to the lookup value. Requires sorting the lookup column in ascending order. If an exact match is not found, the formula searches for the largest value that is smaller than the lookup value.

TRUE or omitted (default) - approximate match.

Range_lookup (optional) - determines whether to search for approximate or exact match:.

The counting starts from the leftmost column in the table array, which is 1.

Col_index_num (required) - is the number of the column from which to return a value.

The VLOOKUP function always searches in the first column of the table array, which may contain various text values, numbers, dates, and logical values.

Table_array (required) - is the range of cells where to search for the lookup value and from which to retrieve a match.

Unlike numbers and cell references, text values should always be in enclosed in 'double quotes'. This can be a value (number, date or text), cell reference (reference to a cell containing a lookup value), or the value returned by some other function.

Lookup_value (required) - is the value to search for.VLOOKUP(lookup_value, table_array, col_index_num, )

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