Vlookup with wildcard

The VLOOKUP function in Excel can be used with wildcard characters to find and retrieve data based on a partial match of a lookup value. The wildcard characters that can be used with VLOOKUP are the "*" (asterisk) and "?" (question mark) characters. The "*" (asterisk) character is used to match any sequence of characters, while the "?" (question mark) character is used to match any single character. To use a wildcard character with VLOOKUP, you need to include the wildcard character in the lookup value within quotation marks. For example, to find the price of a product that starts with the letter "A" and has any number of characters after it, you can use the following formula: =VLOOKUP("A*",A1:C10,3,FALSE) This formula will look for the value "A*" in the first column of the range A1:C10, and if it finds a match, it will return the value in the third column of the same row. Similarly, if you want to find a product that starts with letter "A" and ends with "X" in the first column of the range A1:C10, you can use the following formula =VLOOKUP("A?X",A1:C10,3,FALSE) This formula will look for the value "A?X" in the first column of the range A1:C10 and it will return the value in the third column of the same row if it finds a match. It is important to note that the wildcard characters only work in the lookup value, not in the criteria_range, it will throw an error if you use wildcard characters in the criteria_range.