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How to look up and return an entire row in Excel and Google Sheets
Topic:Lookups (any direction)Excel & Google Sheets
=INDEX($B$2:$D$5,MATCH(A2,$A$2:$A$5,0),1)✓
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| ID | Name | Dept | Salary |
| E01 | Alice | Finance | 70000 |
| E02 | Bob | HR | 55000 |
| E03 | Carlos | IT | 80000 |
| E04 | Diana | Finance | 72000 |
=INDEX($B$2:$D$5,MATCH(A2,$A$2:$A$5,0),1)→Alice
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Step by step
- 1Identify the lookup key column (e.g. A) and the data columns to return (e.g. B:D).
- 2Use MATCH to find the row number: MATCH(lookupValue,$A$2:$A$100,0).
- 3Use INDEX to retrieve each column: =INDEX($B$2:$D$100,MATCH(A2,$A$2:$A$100,0),1) for column B, change the last argument to 2 for column C, 3 for column D. In Excel 365, =XLOOKUP(A2,$A$2:$A$100,$B$2:$D$100) returns all columns at once.
Tips
- Copy the INDEX/MATCH formula across columns and change only the column index number, or use COLUMN()-offset to make it auto-increment as you drag right.
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Frequently asked
Can XLOOKUP return an entire row in one formula?
Yes. In Excel 365 and Google Sheets, =XLOOKUP(lookup_value,lookup_array,entire_row_range) spills all matched columns automatically into adjacent cells.
More on Lookups (any direction)
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HLOOKUP
Look up a value in the top row of a table and return a value from a row below it — the horizontal cousin of VLOOKUP.
How-toHow to look up the last matching value
Use LOOKUP with a search trick or XLOOKUP with search mode -1 to find the last occurrence of a value in a list.
How-toHow to do a lookup with wildcards
Use VLOOKUP or MATCH with wildcard characters (* and ?) to perform partial-match lookups on text values.
How-toHow to do a case-sensitive lookup
Use INDEX with MATCH and the EXACT function to perform a lookup that distinguishes between uppercase and lowercase text.
How-toHow to look up a value and sum the matches
Use SUMIF or SUMIFS to sum all values that match a lookup criterion, returning the total of all matching rows rather than a single result.
How-toHow to find the closest matching value
Use INDEX and MATCH with ABS and MIN to find the value in a list that is numerically closest to a target number.