The lookup function in Excel can save you a lot of time and effort, but only if you actually know how to use its many forms and alterations.

Example: I have a 5 x 5 array of data with names of animals in it. I have another cell with "monkey" written in it. Is there a way I can write a formula to test whether or not "monkey" exists in ...

The first argument identifies the array to be sorted. All the other arguments are optional. The second argument determines which column the array will be sorted by. The default for [sort_index] is 1, ...