Explanation
HLOOKUP searches for a value in the top row of a table and returns a value from a specified row.
Syntax
=HLOOKUP(lookup_value,table_array,row_index_num,[range_lookup])
Example
|
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
|
|
Sales |
50000 |
65000 |
72000 |
80000 |
|
Expenses |
30000 |
35000 |
40000 |
42000 |
|
Profit |
20000 |
30000 |
32000 |
38000 |
Formula:
=HLOOKUP(“Mar”,B1:E4,4,FALSE)
Result:
32000
Real-World Uses
- Monthly reports
- Horizontal data tables
- Financial summaries
- Department-wise reports
Practice
Create a monthly sales table and use HLOOKUP to retrieve sales and profit for a selected month.