Comparision of Vlookup and Index Match in excel

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Vlookup is simpler but Index Match is more flexible and efficient.

Vlookup searches for a value in the leftmost column of a table and returns a corresponding value from a specified column.
Index Match uses the Index function to find the position of a value in a table and the Match function to return the corresponding value from another column.
Index Match is more flexible as it can search for values in any column and can handle data that is not sorted.
Index Match is also more efficient as it only needs to search through the relevant columns, while Vlookup searches through the entire table.
However, Vlookup is simpler and easier to use for basic tasks.
Both functions have their uses and it depends on the specific task at hand.

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