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HOW TO USE
INDEX AND MATCH
FUNCTIONS IN EXCELGUIDE CREATED BY UPSLIDE
WHAT ARE INDEX AND MATCH
FUNCTIONS IN EXCEL
INDEX and MATCH are two distinct excel functions yet combining them together
in a single formula can give the user a powerful information lookup tool.
Index function simply returns the value of a specific cell in an array of data. The
position of the cell in the array is to be defined by the user, by indicating its
relative row and column coordinates.
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The syntax of INDEX is the following:
= index(array, row number,[column number])
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This formula would
return ‘Paris’, as it is
located on the 3rd
row and 3rd column
of selected array
=INDEX($B$3:$E$7,3,3)
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WHAT IS A MATCH FUNCTION IN EXCEL
Now let us introduce the MATCH function. This function allows the user to look for a
certain value in a given array and returns the corresponding cell relative position. The
syntax is as follow: =match(lookup value, array, match type)
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The syntax is as follow:
=match(lookup value, array, match type)
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This formula would
get a value of ‘3’
(“jessica” value is
located on the 3rd
row of the selection)
=MATCH(”JESSICA”,$B$3:$B$7,0)
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IMPORTANT NOTES
The array must be unidimensional
The match type value should be input as ‘0’ for an exact match.
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USING INDEX AND MATCH TOGETHER
The combination of INDEX and MATCH allows the user to obtain a value
corresponding to an input parameter, the parameter and value to return
being in different data table’s columns and same row
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The syntax is as follow:
=Index(array containing value to return, match(parameter, array containing parameter,0)).
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This formula would get
‘Rome’ as a result.
=INDEX($D$3:$D$7,MATCH(“MARIA”, $B$3:$B$7,0))
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