$$ Create an Excel table named "EmployeeData" with columns: $"$ID$,"$ "Name," and "Department."

$$ Populate the table with sample employee data.

ID Name Department

$101$ John HR

$102$ Alice IT

$103$ Bob Finance

a$)$ Explain the purpose and syntax of the VLOOKUP function in Excel. The purpose of Vlookup in excel is to look up specific values quickly and to be able to go back to the value you were at$.$

b$)$ Provide an example using VLOOKUP to retrieve department information for an employee with a given ID from the "EmployeeData" table.

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