Dynamic Match()/Index() (col changing)

[lezawang]

Hi
I want to make my match() and Index() look more dynamic.
User is going to select name from a Data validation list
Then user will Select from another data validation list to tell excel what they want to return, Phone#, Address, or Salary

I can do the lookup if the column is fixed (col1, 2, 3) like the following

=INDEX($A$1:$D$20,MATCH($H$5,$A$1:$A$20,0),2)

That is to return phone# but I like to make it dynamic, I do not want to pass col2 to Index function. Is that possible? Thank you.

[TABLE="class: grid, width: 137"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]select name[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]john16[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]enter what you want[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]

[TABLE="class: grid, width: 256"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD="width: 64"]name[/TD]
[TD="width: 64"]ph#[/TD]
[TD="width: 64"]address[/TD]
[TD="width: 64"]salary[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]john1[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD]1 main st[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2472[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]john2[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]
[TD]2 main st[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]8646[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]john3[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3[/TD]
[TD]3 main st[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1156[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]john4[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]4[/TD]
[TD]4 main st[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]9592[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]john5[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]5[/TD]
[TD]5 main st[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2862[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]john6[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]6[/TD]
[TD]6 main st[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2155[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]john7[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]7[/TD]
[TD]7 main st[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]4604[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]

 

[DanteAmor]

Try this formula

Excel Workbook
	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J
1	name	ph#	address	salary
2	john1	1	1 main st	2472
3	john2	2	2 main st	8646
4	john3	3	3 main st	1156
5								john1	address	1 main st
Hoja12

 

[Kamolga]

If in H7 you put a list where user can select Phone, Address or Salary then

=INDEX($A$1:$D$20,MATCH($H$5,$A$1:$A$20,0),IF($H$7="Phone",2,IF($H$7="Address",3,4)))

 

[Michael M]

withdrawn...Dante has it covered