When you dive into the world of Excel, you quickly realize the power of its functions. Among these, the INDEX & MATCH formulas stand out as incredibly versatile tools for data lookup and retrieval ...

In two-dimensional XLOOKUP formulas, it doesn't matter which way around the XLOOKUPs go. In this example, the ID lookup is first in the formula, and the column header lookup is nested. If these were ...

MATCH searched for "Math" in C2:C9, then passed the result (2) to INDEX, which returned the second element of the array B2:B9, which was New York. So the math major is from New York. Walter Hickey ...

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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.