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Dear Teachers,

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These slides have been prepared based on the SCERT syllabus to support you in teaching Plus One and Plus Two Accountancy and Computerised Accounting.

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Please review and verify the content before using it in your classrooms. If you find any errors or have feedback, please let me know.

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Mujeeb Rahiman C

HSST Commerce

GHSS Pattikkad

Malappuram Dt.

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LibreOffice Calc

Chapter- 2

Spreadsheet Functions

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Spreadsheet Functions

Spreadsheet functions are used for searching certain value from a particular table. It is used when we need to look in a single row or column range and find a value from the same position in another row or column.

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Spreadsheet Functions

  1. LOOKUP (Vector form)
  2. LOOKUP (Array form)
  3. VLOOKUP
  4. HLOOKUP

5. ROWS

6. COLUMNS

Commonly used spreadsheet functions are : -

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1. LOOKUP (Vector form)

Syntax

=LOOKUP(SearchCriterion,SearchVector,ResultVector)

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Where

SearchCriterion - The value to be searched for. (Number/Text/logical value)

SearchVector – Single row or column to be searched (Sorted in ascending order)

ResultVector – Single row or column from which the result is taken

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1. LOOKUP (Vector form)

=LOOKUP(SearchCriterion,SearchVector,ResultVector)

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2. LOOKUP (Array form)

Syntax :

=LOOKUP(Lookup_Value,Array)

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Where

Lookup_Value - The value to be searched for.

Array – An array is a linked range of cells on a spreadsheet containing values. Where you are looking

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2. LOOKUP (Array form)

=LOOKUP(Lookup_Value,Array)

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3. VLOOKUP

VLOOKUP stands for Vertical Lookup. It searches the first column of an array and return the value from another column named in the index, in the same row.

Syntax: =VLOOKUP(SearchCriterion,Array,Index,SortOrder)

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Where

SearchCriterion -The value to be searched for. (Column data in ascending order)

Array – Where you are looking

Index – The column number in the table

Sort Order – Give ‘0’ for precise value and ‘1’ for approximate value

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3. VLOOKUP

=VLOOKUP(SearchCriterion,Array,Index,SortOrder)

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4. HLOOKUP

HLOOKUP stands for Horizondal Lookup. It searches for a value in the first row of an array and returns the corresponding value from another row named in the index, in the same column.

Syntax: =HLOOKUP(SearchCriterion,Array,Index,SortOrder)

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Where

SearchCriterion - The value to be searched for. (Row data in ascending order)

Array – Where you are looking

Index – The row number in the table

Sort Order – Give ‘0’ for precise value and ‘1’ for approximate value

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4. HLOOKUP

=HLOOKUP(SearchCriterion,Array,Index,SortOrder)

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5. ROWS

This gives back the number of rows in a range of cells

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Syntax =ROWS(Array)

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Where

Array - is the named area whose total number of rows is to be determined

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6. COLUMNS

This gives back the number of columns in a range of cells

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Syntax =COLUMNS(Array)

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Where

Array - is the named area whose total number of columns is to be determined

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MUJEEB RAHIMAN C

HSST COMMERCE

GHSS PATTIKKAD

MALAPPURAM DT