That trick is Index/Match, a function that can find any value in any spreadsheet. One of the most common uses of Excel is as a database program, and oftentimes you've got to search the sheet for a ...

Understanding Excel INDEX & MATCH Formulas Unlike the more commonly known VLOOKUP, the combination of INDEX and MATCH offers greater flexibility and efficiency. To start, you need to understand ...

Index, Match, and Index Match. In Excel, the INDEX function returns an item from a specific position (in a list, table, database). The MATCH function returns the position of a value (in a list ...

Once you have mastered VLOOKUP in Excel it's time to move on to INDEX/MATCH. This formula combination gives the same results but without the problems of VLOOKUP. Produced by Sara Silverstein.

There are many ways to extract values from data in Microsoft Excel, and two such examples are the MATCH and XMATCH functions. However, since Microsoft introduced XMATCH to Excel in 2021, I've ...