1 - Perform a reverse search starting at the last item.Ģ - Perform a binary search that relies on lookup_array being sorted in ascending order. If none found, return the next larger item.Ģ - A wildcard match where *, ?, and ~ have special meaning.ġ - Perform a search starting at the first item. If none found, return the next smaller item.ġ - Exact match. If a valid match is not found, and is missing, #N/A is returned.Ġ - Exact match. Where a valid match is not found, return the text you supply. *If omitted, XLOOKUP returns blank cells it finds in lookup_array. =XLOOKUP(lookup_value, lookup_array, return_array, , , ) If no match exists, then XLOOKUP can return the closest (approximate) match. The XLOOKUP function searches a range or an array, and then returns the item corresponding to the first match it finds.