Summary of How To Use Excel's 4 Match Types (Partial, Exact, Fuzzy, Approximate)

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This video explains how to use Excel's four match types: partial, exact, fuzzy, and approximate. The video demonstrates how to use Excel's vlookup function to find a value in a list, and how to use Excel's XL lookup function to determine if a value is in a list. The video also explains how Excel calculates the approximate match.

• 00:00:00 This video explains the four basic match types in Excel - exact match, approximate match, partial match, and fuzzy match. The video demonstrates how to use Excel's vlookup function to find a value in a list, and how to use Excel's XL lookup function to determine if a value is in a list. The video also explains how Excel calculates the approximate match.
• 00:05:00 In this video, the author demonstrates how to use Excel's 4 match types (partial, exact, fuzzy, approximate). With partial match, Excel will look for a comma anywhere within the lookup column. With exact match, Excel will only look for the comma at the start or end of the lookup column. With fuzzy match, Excel will return a value that is a blend of the partial and exact matches. With approximate match, Excel allows for wildcard characters that will match any number of characters within the lookup column.
• 00:10:00 This video explains how to use Excel's four match types: partial, exact, fuzzy, and approximate. Power Query is a useful tool for doing complex calculations in Excel.