Seeking MATCH and INDEX Assistance

[kstehly]

I am utilizing a combined MATCH and INDEX function to search several columns of data and return data in a specific column from the MATCHed ROW. It works when I only search 1 column, however when I ask it to search multiple columns or an array, it returns a N/A. Any idea why it won't search the array / multiple columns?

Alternately, is there a function which combines multiple searches so I can search multiple columns?

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

 

[kstehly]

Hi guys -

Thanks so much for your help. I'm still working on it. I believe my root question is Can Excel MATCH search across multiple columns? Thanks again for your help.

Excel Workbook
	E	F	G	H
21	Data:
22	100-x	a	y	88
23	200-y	b	44	z
24	500-z	111	d	g
25
26		match	index-match
27	g	3	500-z
28	a
29	d	#N/A
Match Text Num

Excel 2007

#VALUE!

Entered with Ctrl+Shift+Enter. If entered correctly, Excel will surround with curly braces {}.

 

[Haseeb Avarakkan]

Try;

<b>Excel 2007</b><table cellpadding="2.5px" rules="all" style=";background-color: #FFFFFF;border: 1px solid;border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #A6AAB6"><colgroup><col width="25px" style="background-color: #E0E0F0" /><col /><col /><col /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;text-align: center;color: #161120"><th></th><th>E</th><th>F</th><th>G</th><th>H</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">21</td><td style=";">Data:</td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">22</td><td style=";">100-x</td><td style=";">a</td><td style=";">y</td><td style="text-align: right;;">88</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">23</td><td style=";">200-y</td><td style=";">b</td><td style="text-align: right;;">44</td><td style=";">z</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">24</td><td style=";">500-z</td><td style="text-align: right;;">111</td><td style=";">d</td><td style=";">g</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">25</td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">26</td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">27</td><td style=";">g</td><td style=";">500-z</td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">28</td><td style=";">a</td><td style=";">100-x</td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">29</td><td style=";">d</td><td style=";">500-z</td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="width:3.6em;font-weight:bold;margin:0;padding:0.2em 0.6em 0.2em 0.5em;border: 1px solid #A6AAB6;border-top:none;text-align: center;background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">Sheet1</p><br /><br /><table width="85%" cellpadding="2.5px" rules="all" style=";border: 2px solid black;border-collapse:collapse;padding: 0.4em;background-color: #FFFFFF" ><tr><td style="padding:6px" ><b>Array Formulas</b><table cellpadding="2.5px" width="100%" rules="all" style="border: 1px solid;text-align:center;background-color: #FFFFFF;border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #A6AAB6"><thead><tr style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120"><th width="10px">Cell</th><th style="text-align:left;padding-left:5px;">Formula</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">F27</th><td style="text-align:left">{=INDEX(<font color="Blue">E:E,SMALL(<font color="Red">IF(<font color="Green">$F$22:$H$24=E27,ROW(<font color="Purple">$F$22:$H$24</font>)</font>),1</font>)</font>)}</td></tr></tbody></table><b>Entered with Ctrl+Shift+Enter.</b> If entered correctly, Excel will surround with curly braces {}.
<b>Note: Do not try and enter the {} manually yourself</b></td></tr></table><br />
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[kstehly]

Omigosh, I think this might work! I'm going to try to apply this to the spreadsheet. THANK YOU Haseeb.

 

[kstehly]

I'm almost there. My actual array has many blank cells. Is there any function which accomplishes the same thing as SMALL but can accomoddate empty cells?

Thanks again.