How to use Vlookup when there are Duplicate Values in the List in Excel

If you have a data in excel which has duplicate value lookup value in excel then each time you will get same result value due to duplicates.

so in the below video i have explained that how to apply vlookup if you have duplicate lookup value, actually we need another cell for the help.

In the below image we have Employee Name and Father’s Name if we merge both then a unique value will be created, on the base of which we can apply vlookup and get the result but we have to merge Employee’s Name and father’s name in blank sheet also, otherwise vlookup will not pick the correct values as we need.

how to use Vlookup when there are Duplicate Values in the List

Merging Formula i have applied:

=C3&D3

How to use Vlookup when there are Duplicate Values in the List in Excel

Formula i have applied in Blank sheet:

=VLOOKUP($A3,Sheet1!$A$2:$I$25,E$1,0)

Now it will pick all the data from main sheet.

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Nazim Khan is an expert in Microsoft Excel. He teaches people how to use it better. He has been doing this for more than ten years. He is running this website (TechGuruPlus.com) and a YouTube channel called "Business Excel" since 2016. He shares useful tips from his own experiences to help others improve their Excel skills and careers.

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