How to use VLOOKUP in Google Sheets to search for specific data and replicate it across spreadsheets

You can use VLOOKUP with Google Sheets similar to how the search function is used to find information in Excel.
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How to Use VLOOKUP to Merge Files

The VLOOKUP spreadsheet function searches an array of cells for a specific value, and returns the value of a cell adjacent to the target data. For example, if a file that records transactions lists ...