Being able to use the VLOOKUP function will expand the range of data handling, and will help you be seen as an intermediate Excel user by beginners. In this article, we will show you how to use the VLOOKUP function, and how to use the INDEX and MATCH functions to compensate for the weaknesses of the VLOOKUP function...

As shown in the figure below, if there is extra data after the string and you want to extract only the string to the left of the extra data, you cannot simply use the LEFT function alone because the number of characters is not constant. Function to extract the left side of the "¥" mark in cell "A2" = LEFT(A2,FIND(...))