In Excel, when you need to find a specific value and get the label of the row or column where it is located, you can use the VLOOKUP function to achieve this. The following are the specific steps:

First, imagine that you have a sales data table, and the goal is to find the sales value of a certain product in April. Once you have found the product name, the VLOOKUP function is your key tool. Its basic usage is as follows:

In the cell where the result needs to be obtained, enter the VLOOKUP function. Its syntax includes the search value, the search range, the column in which the return value is located, and whether to perform an exact match. For example, if you want to find the April sales of the product "toothpaste", the search value is the product name, the search range is the entire data area, the fourth column is returned (assuming that April sales are in the fifth column), and you want to get For an exact match, enter the following formula:

Product name cell?VLOOKUP(product name, data area, 5, FALSE)

Press the Enter key and you will see the corresponding April sales value. This method is not only suitable for "toothpaste", but also suitable for finding April sales data of other products, just simply replace the search value. In this way, you can quickly locate and obtain the required information, greatly improving work efficiency.