Looking up a value based on row and column

[DavidPonnet]

I am currently working on a big project, and need to fill in the pricing schedule.

In table 1, I would like an easy way to fill in the question marks. I have over 150 "cars" to fill in, so I am looking for the best solution to get this automated. I am used to work with Vlookup, but I have over 250 columns in my table 2 and would like to look on name instead of column number

[TABLE="width: 500"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]Table 1[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Table 2[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Car 1[/TD]
[TD]€[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Glass[/TD]
[TD]Light[/TD]
[TD]Locks[/TD]
[TD]Wheel[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Glass[/TD]
[TD]???[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Car 1[/TD]
[TD]250
[/TD]
[TD]50[/TD]
[TD]200[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Light[/TD]
[TD]???[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Car 2[/TD]
[TD]150[/TD]
[TD]150[/TD]
[TD]200[/TD]
[TD]500[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Locks[/TD]
[TD]???[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Car 3[/TD]
[TD]50[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]200[/TD]
[TD]500[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Car 2[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Glass[/TD]
[TD]???[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Light[/TD]
[TD]???[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Locks[/TD]
[TD]???[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Wheels[/TD]
[TD]???[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Car 3[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Glass[/TD]
[TD]???[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Locks[/TD]
[TD]???[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Wheels[/TD]
[TD]???[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]

 

[Sandie1712]

Thank You!!

 

[Aladin Akyurek]

Thank You!!

Glad to help.

 

[Peter_SSs]

Comment:
My formula in post 5 is certainly more complex, but was designed so that the same formula could be copied to all the required cells without having to manually adjust the $A$4 to $A$10 etc in each section. I note that in your formulas in post 9 you have not made that adjustment for Car 3 and so those formulas will be in fact returning results for Car 1. However, I don't have a problem with using such a formula and adjusting the lookup cell for each section as it does make the formulas somewhat simpler.

Suggestion:
Instead of using the construct
=VLOOKUP($A$4,D:H,MATCH($A6,INDEX(D:H,3,0),0),0)
I would use the simpler and more direct
=VLOOKUP($A$4,D:H,MATCH($A6,D$3:H$3,0),0)
as, apart from being shorter and avoiding another function call, it will self-adjust if rows are subsequent inserted above the current header row whereas the current formulas will return incorrect results in that case.

 

[Aladin Akyurek]

[...]
Suggestion:
Instead of using the construct
=VLOOKUP($A$4,D:H,MATCH($A6,INDEX(D:H,3,0),0),0)
I would use the simpler and more direct
=VLOOKUP($A$4,D:H,MATCH($A6,D$3:H$3,0),0)
as, apart from being shorter and avoiding another function call, it will self-adjust if rows are subsequent inserted above the current header row whereas the current formulas will return incorrect results in that case.

The idea is to have a TABLE (defined) of which the first row consists of headers:

VLOOKUP(look-up-value,TABLE,MATCH(headervalue,INDEX(TABLE,1,0),[1|0]),[1/0])

 

[Peter_SSs]

The idea is to have a TABLE (defined) ...

Well, that is a new idea as there was no mention of a defined table before and the OP didn't have one, but worth considering.

..of which the first row consists of headers:

VLOOKUP(look-up-value,TABLE,MATCH(headervalue,INDEX(TABLE,1,0),[1|0]),[1/0])

If the first row of the formal table is headers, then that would need to be
VLOOKUP(look-up-value,TABLE,MATCH(headervalue,INDEX(TABLE[#All],1,0),[1|0]),[1/0])
otherwise it would be indexing the first row of data, not the headers, and there would be no match.

However, as I suggested previously, I would still go directly to the headers rather than via an additional function. So for the OP's example, if there was a formal table called TABLE, I would suggest
=VLOOKUP($A$4,TABLE,MATCH(A6,TABLE[#Headers],0),0)

 

[Aladin Akyurek]

Well, that is a new idea as there was no mention of a defined table before and the OP didn't have one, but worth considering.
[...]

I wasn't talking about a table obtained by Insert | Table, rather a table that is defined using the Name Box or the Name Manager of which the top row is generally the header row. When that is the case, nothing is wrong with:

VLOOKUP(look-up-value,TABLE,MATCH(headervalue,INDEX(TABLE,1,0),[1|0]),[1/0])

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despite the INDEX() call.

 

[Peter_SSs]

I wasn't talking about a table obtained by Insert | Table, rather a table that is defined using the Name Box or the Name Manager ...

Fair enough (unfortunately "table" is easy to mis-interpret in Excel terms) and what you said following is correct, but in that case is there an advantage over the simpler formula suggested in post 13?