Use Of INDEX

Use Of INDEX



Holiday booking price list.
People



Weeks
1
2
3
4
1
£500
£300
£250
£200
2
£600
£400
£300
£250
3
£700
£500
£350
£300


How many weeks required :
2


How many people in the party :
4

Cost per person is :
250
 =INDEX(D7:G9,G11,G12)
What Does It Do ?
This function picks a value from a range of data by looking down a specified number
of rows and then across a specified number of columns.
It can be used with a single block of data, or non-continuos blocks.

Syntax
There are various forms of syntax for this function.

Syntax 1
=INDEX(RangeToLookIn,Coordinate)
This is used when the RangeToLookIn is either a single column or row.
The Co-ordinate indicates how far down or across to look when picking the data from the range.
Both of the examples below use the same syntax, but the Co-ordinate refers to a row when
the range is vertical and a column when the range is horizontal.

Colours
Red
Green
Blue
Size
Large
Medium
Small


Type either 1, 2 or 3 :
2

The size is :
Medium
 =INDEX(G34:I34,H36)

Type either 1, 2 or 3 :
2

The colour is :
Green
 =INDEX(D32:D34,D36)
Syntax 2
=INDEX(RangeToLookIn,RowCoordinate,ColumnColumnCordinate)
This syntax is used when the range is made up of rows and columns.


Country
Currency
Population
Capitol
England
Sterling
50 M
London
France
Franc
40 M
Paris
Germany
DM
60 M
Bonn
Spain
Peseta
30 M
Barcelona




Type 1,2,3 or 4 for the country :
2


Type 1,2 or 3 for statistics :
3


The result is :
Paris
 =INDEX(D45:F48,F50,F51)
Syntax 3
=INDEX(NamedRangeToLookIn,RowCoordinate,ColumnColumnCordinate,AreaToPickFrom)
Using this syntax the range to look in can be made up of multiple areas.
The easiest way to refer to these areas is to select them and give them a single name.

The AreaToPickFrom indicates which of the multiple areas should be used.

In the following example the figures for North and South have been named as one
range called NorthAndSouth.

NORTH
Qtr1
Qtr2
Qtr3
Qtr4
Bricks
£1,000
£2,000
£3,000
£4,000
Wood
£5,000
£6,000
£7,000
£8,000
Glass
£9,000
£10,000
£11,000
£12,000


SOUTH
Qtr1
Qtr2
Qtr3
Qtr4
Bricks
£1,500
£2,500
£3,500
£4,500
Wood
£5,500
£6,500
£7,500
£8,500
Glass
£9,500
£10,500
£11,500
£12,500


Type 1, 2 or 3 for the product :
1


Type 1, 2, 3 or 4 for the Qtr : 
3


Type 1 for North or 2 for South :
2

The result is :
3500
 =INDEX(NorthAndSouth,F76,F77,F78)
Example
This is an extended version of the previous example.
It allows the names of products and the quarters to be entered.
The =MATCH() function is used to find the row and column positions of the names entered.
These positions are then used by the =INDEX() function to look for the data.


EAST
Qtr1
Qtr2
Qtr3
Qtr4
Bricks
£1,000
£2,000
£3,000
£4,000
Wood
£5,000
£6,000
£7,000
£8,000
Glass
£9,000
£10,000
£11,000
£12,000
WEST
Qtr1
Qtr2
Qtr3
Qtr4
Bricks
£1,500
£2,500
£3,500
£4,500
Wood
£5,500
£6,500
£7,500
£8,500
Glass
£9,500
£10,500
£11,500
£12,500


Type 1, 2 or 3 for the product :
wood


Type 1, 2, 3 or 4 for the Qtr :
qtr2


Type 1 for North or 2 for South :
west

The result is : 
6500
=INDEX(EastAndWest,MATCH(F100,C91:C93,0),MATCH(F101,D90:G90,0),IF(F102=C90,1,IF(F102=C95,2)))


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