when would you use Hlookup or Vlookup over Xlookup
incoming intern with a stupid excel question, sorry if im missing something
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index match always
Okay great that makes more sense
Xlookup > Index match for simple searches, I.e. searing just one column or one row. Index match > xlookup when need to search both column and row.
The xlookup syntax is much simpler and cleaner and can be done in less time than index match. I only use index match for complicated tasks
BEHOLD MY 20GB SPREAD SHEET WITH ONLY XLOOKUP FORMULAS.
Everyone uses index match no point in reinventing the wheels. xlookup is better but ur not gonna change the way the group does things as an intern
Do not use Xlookup. Will fuck up your excels and make the file size cartoonishly large. Also can cause issues with people running older versions of excel. Index match does everything xlookup does and is arguably (definitely but i’m lazy) more dynamic.
Depends if it’s the first date or not
I always used xlookup for looking for one thing in one row/column. Use filter if you want to search by multiple criteria (vertical and horizontal).
Index is the only answer
Echoing others, index match > v/h lookup > xlookup in terms of impact of formulas on file size and calculation speeds.
Another cool “party trick” which is very size-efficient is using matrix multiplication which can take logicals in consideration as well using nested sum() functions eg:
Summing cashflows between dates:
Sum( sum(CFS) * sum(datearray >= date) * sum(datearray= date) )
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