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Dear Teachers,

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

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

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

Syntax =ROWS(Array)

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

Syntax =COLUMNS(Array)

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