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Level 3: Lookups Exercise 32 of 68 Pro

Return from the left

An Excel formula exercise from Formuladrill. Solve it with a formula bar on a live sheet in your browser, and it is checked the moment you submit.

The task

Return the phone extension of the employee named in F1, using XLOOKUP. Answer in F2.

What this exercise teaches

Unlike VLOOKUP, XLOOKUP does not care whether the answer column is left or right of the search column.

A hint if you get stuck

XLOOKUP(find, where to look, what to return). The return range can sit on either side.

Functions used: XLOOKUP

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