Thank you so much for this example!
What if you had this table instead (i.e. the x applied to everything below it until the y appears in the 4th row) and wanted to find the 2 insted of the 3.
Essentially, I want to use your formula and eliminate the step of copying and pasting the x into the 2nd and 3rd row.
Thanks in advance for your assistance!
[TABLE="width: 384"]
<TBODY>[TR]
[TD="class: xl64, width: 192, bgcolor: transparent, colspan: 3"]
Table
[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent"]
x
[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent"]
fad
[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]
3
[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent"]
x
[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent"]
gad
[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]
2
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent"]
gad
[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]
2
[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent"]
kad
[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]
6
[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent"]y
[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent"]fad
[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[/TR]
</TBODY>[/TABLE]
They can. Try for example...
[TABLE="width: 384"]
<TBODY>[TR]
[TD="class: xl64, width: 192, bgcolor: transparent, colspan: 3"]Table
[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent"]x
[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent"]fad
[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]3
[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent"]x
[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent"]fad
[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]3
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent"]y
[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent"]fad
[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]2
[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent"]x
[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent"]kad
[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]6
[/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[TD="class: xl63, bgcolor: transparent"][/TD]
[/TR]
</TBODY>[/TABLE]
H2, control+shift+enter, not just enter:
=INDEX(C2:C4,MATCH(F2&G2,A2:A4&B2:B4,0))
However, it's not clear that the OP needs such.