The VLOOKUP (Vertical lookup) function looks for a value in the leftmost column of a table, and then returns a value in the same row from another column you specify.
Excel's VLOOKUP function, which stands for vertical lookup, can be used to look up specific information located in a table of data or database.
VLOOKUP normally returns a single field of data as its output. How it does this is:
1.You provide a name or Lookup _value that tells VLOOKUP in which row or record of the data table to look for the desired information

