using index and match --problem with formula-- sometimes get a match and sometimes when there is data in the table get N/A

cgat

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  1. 2019
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worksheet table​
yx
0.1​
0(0.1)(0.2)
(2.3)​
(0.2769)(0.1216)
(2.4)​
(2.5)​
0.0167(0.0624)
(2.6)​
(2.7)​
0.0698(0.1279)0.0923
(2.8)​
0.0692(0.1111)
predictionsformula used



yxprediction
-2.3​
-0.1​
-0.12162​
-2.3​
0​
-0.2769​
-2.5​
-0.2​
#N/A​
-2.5​
0​
0.016675​
-2.7​
-0.2​
#N/A​
=INDEX($K$37:$P$43,MATCH(T36,$K$37:$K$43,0),MATCH(U36, $K$37:P$37,0))
I cannot figure out what I am doing wrong. I would greatly appreciate any help.​
 
The index formula is referencing the cells in the first table. The first table has the if statement in its cells.
The values (such as -0.2769 and -0.1216 in the first row of the first table) have the if statement in their cells.
The first table was referencing another table which you have not seen that had a bunch of DIV/0 errors when the averages were being generated,
so I generated the table you have seen because I was trying to get rid of DIV/0.

I think, maybe naively, the issue is with the index formula. Maybe the problem is with my if statement in the table that is being referenced to get the prediction.
I do not understand why sometimes the index statement works when referencing cells and sometimes it does not. I am currently sorting all the columns to get rid
of the cells (make them totally blank) that have "" from the if statement.
 
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Ahoy NC ,

I just realized I did not answer your original question. The formula in the cell giving the #N/A was the original formula that I posted. All the formulas in the prediction col
were copy and pasted from the first cell in the column.

Thank you so much for your help.
 
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I think your INDEX formula is fine. The issue could be from the DIV/0 errors.
 
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