Index Match - Determining a Column by the Month

[MixedUpExcel]

Hi All,

I can't quite get the 2 bits of formula to blend together.. any ideas?

i have a table of values with Months across the top.

In my example, I want to find the largest value for the current Month - the Month name 'NOV' is in a separate cell (B16) and changes each month.

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The formula I have in Cell B17 is currently shown in Cell C17 which calculates '100'

=LARGE(INDEX($C$4:$N$12,,MATCH($B$16,$C$3:$N$3,0)),1)

I then want to pull back the name into Cell B19 - 'freddie'.

The problem I have is that if I use the formula:

=INDEX($B$4:$B$12,MATCH(B17,$M$4:$M$12,0))

this depends on me knowing which column to look for the value 100.

I want to be able to pull back the result of 'freddie' (or whatever matches the largest value for that particular month) by being able to use the month in Cell B16 to determine which column to look for the highest value.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Simon

 

[MixedUpExcel]

Hi,

After posting all of the above, I tried something I didn't think would work - but it did!

=INDEX($B$4:$B$12,MATCH(B17,INDEX($C$4:$N$12,,MATCH($B$16,$C$3:$N$3,0)),0))

If anyone has any other suggestions on how to do this, I'd still like to hear in case there's a better way

Thanks again.

Simon