Three easy ways to autofill VLOOKUP in Excel?
VLOOKUP function is useful in Excel, but when you drag the autofill handle to fill range with a VLOOKUP formula, there may appear some errors. Now this tutorial will tell you the correct way to auto fill VLOOKUP function in Excel.
Autofill VLOOKUP in Excel with absolute reference
Autofill VLOOKUP in Excel with range name
Autofill VLOOKUP in Excel with an advanced utility of Kutools for Excel
Example
There is a table contains the grades and the relative marks, now you want to look up the grades in B2:B5 and return the relative marks in C2:C5 as below screenshot shown: 
Generally, you may use the VLOOKUP formula like this =VLOOKUP(B2,F2:G8,2) then you drag the auto fill handle to a range you need, you may get the wrong results as below screenshot shown:
But if you use absolute reference instead of the relative reference in the table array part of the formula, the autofill results will be correct.
Type
into the cell you need, and drag the auto fill handle to a range you need, you will get the correct results. See screenshot:
Tip:
The syntax of the above VLOOKUP: VLOOKUP(lookup_value, table_array, col_index_num), here the B2 is the lookup value, the range $F$2:$G$8 is the table, 2 indicates to return value in the second column of the table.
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Addition to using absolute reference in the formula, you also can use the range name to instead of the relative reference in the table array part of formula.
1. Select the table array range, then go to the Name box (beside the formula bar) and type Marks (or any name you want) and press the Enter key. See screenshot:
Table array range is the range that contains the criteria you need to use in the VLOOKUP function.
2. In a cell type this formula
then drag the auto fill handle to a range you need to apply this formula, and the results are correctly gotten.
If the formula is troublesome for you, you can try the Super LOOKUP group of Kutools for Excel, which contains several advanced LOOKUP utilities, and all of them supports to auto fill VLOOKUP, you can find one to apply as you need. In this case, I take the LOOKUP Across Multiple Sheets utility as example.
After free installing Kutools for Excel, please do as below:
1. Click Kutools > Super LOOKUP > LOOKUP Across Multiple Sheets.
2. In the LOOKUP Across Multiple Sheets dialog, please do as these:
1) Select the lookup range and output range.
2) In the Data range section, click the Add button 
to add the data range you use to the list, you can specify the key column and return column while adding.
3. After adding the data range, click OK, a dialog pops out to ask you if save the scenario, click Yes to give the scenario a name, click No to close. Now the VLOOKUP has been auto filled in the output range.
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VLOOKUP function is useful in Excel, but when you drag the autofill handle to fill range with a VLOOKUP formula, there may appear some errors. Now this tutorial will tell you the correct way to auto fill VLOOKUP function in Excel.
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