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When you dive into the world of Excel, you quickly realize the power of its functions. Among these, the INDEX & MATCH formulas stand out as incredibly versatile tools for data lookup and retrieval.

When applied, the MATCH function searches for items in a range of cells based on any given criteria. When found, the function will direct you to any cells that fit the criteria given. This article ...

The INDEX formula doesn’t recognize column letters, so you must use numbers (counting from the left). The syntax for the MATCH function is: MATCH (lookup_value, lookup_array, [match_type]).

That will require the addition of the MATCH function to find the intersection of two data points in a table—in our example, the age and class of an asset.We’ll use MATCH in the col_index_num position ...