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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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