Most Excel lookup functions return the first match, but XLOOKUP can reverse the search direction to return the latest record.

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Data lookups have always been a fundamental aspect of Microsoft Excel, allowing users to retrieve and match information across datasets. However, traditional methods like VLOOKUP and XLOOKUP often ...

VLOOKUP searches for a value in the first column of a range and returns a value in the same row from a specified column.