Excel XLOOKUP Practice Question: Find the name of the student with the highest score and put it in D2.
The question
Find the name of the student with the highest score and put it in D2.
The data
| A | B | C | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Student | Score | Topper | |
| 2 | Asha | 78 | ? | |
| 3 | Ben | 91 | ||
| 4 | Chitra | 85 | ||
| 5 | Dev | 66 | ||
| 6 | Esha | 88 | ||
| 7 | Farah | 72 |
The yellow cell is where your answer goes.
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Answer in D2: Ben
How it works
Explanation: MAX finds the top score, and XLOOKUP uses that number to look up whose score it is.
Syntax: =XLOOKUP(MAX(B2:B7),B2:B7,A2:A7)
The highest score is 91, which belongs to Ben.
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=XLOOKUP(lookup_value, lookup_array, return_array, [if_not_found])
The modern replacement for VLOOKUP — searches any column and returns from any other, no column counting needed. XLOOKUP is used to pull matching data from one part of a workbook into another. Full XLOOKUP guide.
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