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HLOOKUP: What's the difference between this and VLOOKUP?
Hi Julie,
HLOOKUP is used if category labels are down a column
=HLOOKUP(lookup_cell, table, row number, match type)
VLOOKUP is used if category labels are across a row
=VLOOKUP(lookup_cell, table, column number, match type)
Hope this helps.
Katie
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