Description

The Microsoft Excel HLOOKUP function performs a horizontal lookup by searching for a value in the top row of the table and returning the value in the same column based on the index_number.

Syntax

The syntax for the Microsoft Excel HLOOKUP function is:

HLOOKUP( value, table, index_number, [not_exact_match] )

Parameters or Arguments

value is the value to search for in the first row of the table.

table is two or more rows of data that is sorted in ascending order.

index_number is the row number in table from which the matching value must be returned. The first row is 1.

not_exact_match is optional. It determines if you are looking for an exact match based on value. Enter FALSE to find an exact match. Enter TRUE to find an approximate match, which means that if an exact match if not found, then the HLOOKUP function will look for the next largest value that is less than value. If this parameter is omitted, HLOOKUP will return an approximate match.

Note

• If index_number is less than 1, the HLOOKUP function will return #VALUE!.
• If index_number is greater than the number of columns in table, the HLOOKUP function will return #REF!.
• If you enter FALSE for the not_exact_match parameter and no exact match is found, then the HLOOKUP function will return #N/A.
• See also the VLOOKUP function to perform a vertical lookup.