XLOOKUP: A Modern Take on VLOOKUP and HLOOKUP XLOOKUP is arguably the mother of all lookup functions in Excel, which is surprising given it took Microsoft over 30 years to come up with it!

The Row function in Microsoft Excel is a Lookup and Reference function, and its purpose is to return the row number of a reference. The formula for the Row function is Row([reference]).

Learn how to use Excel’s XLOOKUP function to simplify data retrieval, save time, and master spreadsheets with this quick beginner’s guide.